Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Distinct Ecologically Relevant Strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Janet E. Foley

, Nathan C. Nieto, Robert Massung, Anthony Barbet, John Madigan, and Richard N. Brown

Author affiliations: University of California, Davis, California, USA (J.E. Foley, N.C. Nieto, J. Madigan); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (R. Massung); University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA (A. Barbet); Humboldt State University, Arcata, California, USA (R.N. Brown)

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Bayesian phylogeny of the omp1n gene of A. phagocytophilum, with 100,000 iterations. Taxa are 2 woodrats from northern California, the human strain HZ, the California horse strain MRK, and a squirrel from Santa Cruz, CA. Scale bar indicates number of nucleotide substitutions per site.

Appendix Figure. Bayesian phylogeny of the omp1n gene of A. phagocytophilum, with 100,000 iterations. Taxa are 2 woodrats from northern California, the human strain HZ, the California horse strain MRK, and a squirrel from Santa Cruz, CA. Scale bar indicates number of nucleotide substitutions per site.

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