Evidence to show that an agent that cross-reacts serologically with Cowdria ruminantium in Zimbabwe is transmitted by ticks

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-122

  Savadye, Deckster T ^a   Kelly, Patrick J ^b   Mahan, Suman M ^a  

^a Veterinary Research Laboratory Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cowdria ruminantium; Ehrlichia; R. e. evertsi; Serological crossreaction; Tick transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS REACTION; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENETICS; GOAT; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; TICK; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CROSS REACTIONS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; GOATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; TICKS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032005389     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006045710683     Document Type: Article

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