Increasing risks of introduction of heartwater onto the American mainland associated with animal movements

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 269-274

  Burridge, Michael J ^a   Simmons, Leigh Anne ^a   Peter, Trevor F ^b   Mahan, Suman M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Central Veterinary Laboratory Harare   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Africa; Amblyomma ticks; America; Caribbean; Cowdria ruminantium; Heartwater; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; HEARTWATER DISEASE; IMPORT DISEASE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INFESTATION; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPTILE; SCREENING; UNGULATE; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; REPTILIA; RICKETTSIALES; UNGULATA;

EID: 0036416845     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04391.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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