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In vitro cultivation of Anaplasma marginale: invasion of and development in noninfected erythrocytes
Abstract:
Ovine erythrocytes infected with attenuated Anaplasma marginale organisms were cultured in a suspension of normal ovine erythrocytes and normal bovine erythrocytes for 42 days. In each system, the organism showed an initial period of rapid growth followed by a gradual decrease in the percentage of parasitized erythrocytes accompanied by cyclic peaks. The percentage of infection of ovine erythrocytes were not different when normal ovine or bovine erythrocytes were added to the cultures. In vitro transmission of the organism from infected ovine cells to normal bovine cells was demonstrated by use of a two-step direct fluorescent antibody method, which allowed for specific identification of the two cell types and the organism.
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