Browsing OSU - Faculty Papers by Subject "mammalia"
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Characterization of Anaplasma marginale isolated from North American bison
(American Society for Microbiology, 2003-08)Anaplasma marginale (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae), a tick-borne pathogen of cattle, is endemic in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Although serologic tests have identified American bison, Bison bison, as ... -
Rattusin, an intestinal a-defensin-related peptide in rats with a unique cysteine spacing pattern and salt-insensitive antibacterial activities
(American Society for Microbiology, 2013-04)Cationic antimicrobial peptides are essential components of the innate immune system. As a major family of mammalian antimicrobial peptides, defensins are expressed mainly by mucosal epithelial cells and promyelocytes. ... -
Sensitivity of monkey B virus (Cercopithecine herpesvirus 1) to antiviral drugs: Role of thymidine kinase in antiviral activities of substrate analogs and acyclonucleosides
(American Society for Microbiology, 2007-06)Herpes B virus (B virus [BV]) is a macaque herpesvirus that is occasionally transmitted to humans where it can cause rapidly ascending encephalitis that is often fatal. To understand the low susceptibility of BV to the ... -
Tick acquisition of Ehrlichia canis from dogs treated with doxycycline hyclate
(American Society for Microbiology, 2007-09)Doxycycline generally alleviates clinical monocytic ehrlichiosis, but its efficacy in the control of monocytotropic ehrlichial pathogens requires further investigation. In this study, Ehrlichia canis was detected in dogs ...