Epidemiology of tropical theileriosis (Theileria annulata infection of cattle) in an endemic region of Tunisia: Characterisation of endemicity states

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 65, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 199-211

  Darghouth, M E A ^a   Bouattour, A ^b   Ben Miled, L ^b   Kilani, M ^a   Brown, C G D ^c  

^a Ecole Nationale de Medecine Veterinaire   (Tunisia)

^b PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle protozoa; Epidemiology protozoa; Hyalomma detritum; Theileria annulata; Tunisia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THEILERIA; TUNISIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ARACHNID VECTORS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIASIS; TICKS; TUNISIA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; HYALOMMA; PROTOZOA; THEILERIA; THEILERIA ANNULATA;

EID: 0030601757     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(96)00974-0     Document Type: Article

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