Anaplasmataceae
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A family of bacteria which inhabit RED BLOOD CELLS and cause several animal diseases. |
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infection = ANAPLASMATACEAE INFECTIONS |
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Bacteria (1966-1974) |
Anaplasmataceae Categories.
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Anaplasma - A genus of gram-negative bacteria whose organisms are obligate parasites of vertebrates. Species are transmitted by arthropod vectors with the host range limited to ruminants. Anaplasma marginale is the most pathogenic species and is the causative agent of severe bovine anaplasmosis. |
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Ehrlichia - Small, often pleomorphic, coccoid to ellipsoidal organisms occurring intracytoplasmically in circulating LYMPHOCYTES. They are the etiologic agents of tick-borne diseases of humans, DOGS, CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS, and HORSES. |
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Neorickettsia - Genus of gram-negative, intracytoplasmic bacteria that are found primarily in VACUOLES of MONOCYTES in the BLOOD and MACROPHAGES of lymphoid or other tissues of DOGS; HORSES, and humans. (From Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001) 51:2145-2165) |
Anaplasmataceae Definitions and Terms
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