%0 Journal Article %T Molecular survey and characterization of a novel Anaplasma species closely related to Anaplasma capra in ticks, northwestern China %A Guangyuan Liu %A Hong Yin %A Jianxun Luo %A Jifei Yang %A Junlong Liu %A Qingli Niu %A Rong Han %A Yaoxu Shi %A Zhijie Liu %J Archive of "Parasites & Vectors". %D 2016 %R 10.1186/s13071-016-1886-6 %X Anaplasma spp. are tick-transmitted bacteria that infect a wide variety of wild and domestic animals. These pathogens exhibit a high degree of biological diversity, broad geographical distribution, and represent a serious threat to veterinary and public health worldwide %K Anaplasma %K 16S rRNA gene %K gltA gene %K groEL gene %K Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis %K A. capra-like bacteria %K China %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5123347/