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Anthony F. Barbet is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Immunology and Microbiology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Medicine. Their work extensively covers subfields such as Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and Virology.

The scientist's research focuses predominantly on vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, and vector-borne animal diseases. Other notable topics include insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, insect and pesticide research, rabies epidemiology and control, and microbial infections and disease research.

Anthony F. Barbet has contributed to multiple publications in well-established academic venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Pathogens
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Journal of Bacteriology
  • Pathogens and Disease
  • Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Anthony F. Barbet include:

  • Disruption of VirB6 Paralogs in Anaplasma phagocytophilum Attenuates Its Growth (2020), Journal of Bacteriology
  • Comparative Whole Genome Analysis of an Anaplasma phagocytophilum Strain Isolated from Norwegian Sheep (2022), Pathogens
  • Molecular characterization of "Candidatus Anaplasma testudinis": An emerging pathogen in the threatened Florida gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) (2021), Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Biostatistical prediction of genes essential for growth of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in a human promyelocytic cell line using a random transposon mutant library (2021), Pathogens and Disease
  • Clinical and immunological responses in sheep after inoculation with Himar1-transformed Anaplasma phagocytophilum and subsequent challenge with a virulent strain of the bacterium (2020), Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Frequent collaborators of Anthony F. Barbet include:

  • Francy L. Crosby
  • Ulrike G. Munderloh
  • David R. Allred
  • Sveinung Eskeland
  • Erik G. Granquist

Best Publications

  • Reorganization of genera in the families Rickettsiaceae and Anaplasmataceae in the order Rickettsiales: unification of some species of Ehrlichia with Anaplasma, Cowdria with Ehrlichia and Ehrlichia with Neorickettsia, descriptions of six new species combinations and designation of Ehrlichia equi and 'HGE agent' as subjective synonyms of Ehrlichia phagocytophila.

    J. S. Dumler;A. F. Barbet;C. P.J. Bekker;G. A. Dasch

  • Molecular basis for surface antigen size polymorphisms and conservation of a neutralization-sensitive epitope in Anaplasma marginale.

    David R. Allred;Travis C. McGuire;Guy H. Palmer;Steve R. Leib

  • The immunoprotective Anaplasma marginale major surface protein 2 is encoded by a polymorphic multigene family.

    G. H. Palmer;Gamal Eid;A. F. Barbet;T. C. Mcguire

  • Antigenic variation of Anaplasma marginale msp2 occurs by combinatorial gene conversion

    Kelly A. Brayton;Guy H. Palmer;Anna Lundgren;Jooyoung Yi

  • Anaplasmosis control. Past, present, and future.

    Katherine M. Kocan;Edmour F. Blouin;Anthony F. Barbet

  • Detection and quantitation of Anaplasma marginale in carrier cattle by using a nucleic acid probe.

    I S Eriks;G H Palmer;T C McGuire;D R Allred

  • Immunization with an Isolate-Common Surface Protein Protects Cattle against Anaplasmosis

    Guy H. Palmer;Anthony F. Barbet;William C. Davis;Travis C. McGuire

  • Antigenic variation of Anaplasma marginale by expression of MSP2 mosaics.

    Anthony F. Barbet;Anna Lundgren;Jooyoung Yi;Fred R. Rurangirwa

  • Characterization of an immunoprotective protein complex of Anaplasma marginale by cloning and expression of the gene coding for polypeptide Am105L.

    A F Barbet;G H Palmer;P J Myler;T C McGuire

  • Expression of Multiple Outer Membrane Protein Sequence Variants from a Single Genomic Locus of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

    A. F. Barbet;P. F. M. Meeus;M. Bélanger;M. V. Bowie

  • Crossreacting determinants in variant-specific surface antigens of African trypanosomes.

    A F Barbet;T C McGuire

  • Immunization of cattle with a 36-kilodalton surface protein induces protection against homologous and heterologous Anaplasma marginale challenge.

    G H Palmer;S M Oberle;A F Barbet;W L Goff

  • Molecular Characterization of a 28 kDa Surface Antigen Gene Family of the Tribe Ehrlichiae

    G.Roman Reddy;G.Roman Reddy;Carlos R. Sulsona;Anthony F. Barbet;Suman M. Mahan

  • Putative adhesins of Anaplasma marginale: major surface polypeptides 1a and 1b.

    D J McGarey;A F Barbet;G H Palmer;T C McGuire

  • Molecular size variations in an immunoprotective protein complex among isolates of Anaplasma marginale.

    S M Oberle;G H Palmer;A F Barbet;T C McGuire

  • Immunization of cattle with the MSP-1 surface protein complex induces protection against a structurally variant Anaplasma marginale isolate.

    G H Palmer;A F Barbet;G H Cantor;T C McGuire

  • Expression of major surface protein 2 antigenic variants during acute Anaplasma marginale rickettsemia.

    G Eid;D M French;A M Lundgren;A F Barbet

  • Preferential immune response to virion surface glycoproteins by caprine arthritis-encephalitis virus-infected goats.

    G C Johnson;A F Barbet;P Klevjer-Anderson;T C McGuire

  • A cloned DNA probe identifies Cowdria ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum ticks.

    S D Waghela;F R Rurangirwa;S M Mahan;C E Yunker

  • A cloned DNA probe for Cowdria ruminantium hybridizes with eight heartwater strains and detects infected sheep.

    S M Mahan;S D Waghela;T C McGuire;F R Rurangirwa

  • Transformation of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

    Roderick F Felsheim;Michael J Herron;Curtis M Nelson;Nicole Y Burkhardt

Frequent Co-Authors

Travis C. McGuire
Travis C. McGuire Washington State University
Suman M. Mahan
Suman M. Mahan University of Florida
Guy H. Palmer
Guy H. Palmer Washington State University
Michael J. Burridge
Michael J. Burridge University of Florida
Ulrike G. Munderloh
Ulrike G. Munderloh University of Minnesota
Snorre Stuen
Snorre Stuen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Katherine M. Kocan
Katherine M. Kocan Oklahoma State University
Erik Georg Granquist
Erik Georg Granquist Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Janet E Foley
Janet E Foley University of California, Davis
William C. Davis
William C. Davis Washington State University

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