Browsing by Author "Mangold, Atilio J."
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Allopatric speciation in ticks: Genetic and reproductive divergence between geographic strains of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
Labruna, Marcelo B.; Naranjo, Victoria; Mangold, Atilio J.; Thompson, Carolina; Estrada-Pena, Agustin; Guglielmone, Alberto A.; Jongejan, Frans; de la Fuente, Jose (BioMed Central, 2009-02-25)Background: The cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus, economically impact cattle industry in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The morphological and genetic differences among R. microplus strains ... -
Phylogeographic analysis reveals association of tick-borne pathogen, Anaplasma marginale, MSP1a sequences with ecological traits affecting tick vector performance
Estrada-Pena, Agustin; Naranjo, Victoria; Acevedo-Whitehouse, Karina; Mangold, Atilio J.; Kocan, Katherine M.; de la Fuente, Jose (BioMed Central, 2009-09-01)Background: The tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale, which is endemic worldwide, is the type species of the genus Anaplasma (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae). Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is the most important ... -
Sequence analysis of the msp4 gene of Anaplasma phagocytophilum strains
de la Fuente, Jose; Massung, Robert F.; Wong, Susan J.; Chu, Frederick K.; Lutz, Hans; Meli, Marina; von Loewenich, Friederike D.; Grzeszczuk, Anna; Torina, Alessandra; Caracappa, Santo; Mangold, Atilio J.; Naranjo, Victoria; Stuen, Snorre; Kocan, Katherine M. (American Society for Microbiology, 2005-03)The causative agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis was recently reclassified as Anaplasma phagocytophilum, unifying previously described bacteria that cause disease in humans, horses, dogs, and ruminants. For the ...