Dogmas and misunderstandings in East Coast fever

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Dolan, Thomas T ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Acaricide resistance; Carrier state; Dogma; Drug resistance; East Coast fever (ECF); Epidemiology; Immunization; Integrated control; Parasite characterization; Sexual reproduction; Theileria parva; Tick control; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; IMMUNIZATION; PERCEPTION; TICK;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK; VECTOR CONTROL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; THEILERIASIS; TICK CONTROL;

AFRICA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 0032887052     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00445.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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