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Table 2 The occurrence of A. phagocytophilum variant 1 and 2 in the peripheral blood of experimentally inoculated lambs

From: Superinfection occurs in Anaplasma phagocytophilum infected sheep irrespective of infection phase and protection status

Days after challenge

Lambs a/b

Lambs c/d

Lambs e/f

Lambs g/h

Lambs i/j

Lambs k/l

0*

1/1

1/-

-/-

2/2

2/2

2/-

3

1/1

1/2

2/2

2/2

1/1

1/1

5

1/1

2/2

2/2

1/1

1/1

1/1

7

-/-

2/-

2/2

1/1

1/1

1/1

10

-/1

2/1

1/-

1/1

1/1

1/1

12

1/1

-/-

-/-

-/-

1/1

1/1

14

1/-

2/2

1/2

1/2

-/1

-/2

17

2/-

-/2

-/-

-/1

-/1

1/2

21

2/-

-/-

-/-

-/1

-/2

-/1

24

2/2

1/1

-/-

2/2

2/2

-/-

28

2/-

1/1

-/1

-/2

-/-

-/-

31

-/1

-/-

1/1

-/-

1/-

1/-

35

1/-

1/-

1/-

-/-

-/-

-/1

38

1/1

-/-

-/-

1/-

1/1

1/-

42

1/-

-/1

-/-

1/1

1/-

1/1

  1. Two lambs in each group. Lambs a and b; c and d; e and f were infected with variant 1 on day 0 and challenged with variant 2 on day 7, 42 and 84, respectively. Lambs g and h; i and j; k and l were infected with variant 2 on day 0 and challenged with variant 1 on day 7, 42, and 84, respectively.
  2. 1 - variant 1, 2 - variant 2, - no detection, * infection prior to challenge
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147