Comparative Transcriptome Profiling of Virulent and Attenuated Ehrlichia ruminantium Strains Highlighted Strong Regulation of map1- and Metabolism Related Genes
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DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00153
Abstract: The obligate intracellular pathogenic bacterium, Ehrlichia ruminantium, is the causal agent of heartwater, a fatal disease in ruminants transmitted by Amblyomma ticks. So far, three strains have been attenuated by successive passages in mammalian cells.… read more here.
Keywords: ruminantium; gene expression; ehrlichia ruminantium; attenuated strains ... See more keywords
Experimental Infection of North American Sheep with Ehrlichia ruminantium
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DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10040451
Abstract: Ehrlichia ruminantium, a tick-borne rickettsial, causes heartwater in ruminants resulting from vascular damage. Severity of heartwater varies greatly in ruminant species and breeds, age of animals and for diverse geographic E. ruminantium strains. E. ruminantium… read more here.
Keywords: ruminantium; heartwater; experimental infection; ehrlichia ruminantium ... See more keywords