A review of studies on the transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophilum from sheep: Implications for the force of infection in endemic cycles

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 195-202

  Ogden, N H ^a   Casey, A N J ^a   French, N P ^a   Woldehiwet, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophila; Endemic cycles; Ixodes ricinus ticks; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; SHEEP; TICK;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; IXODES; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; IXODES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; WALES;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0141680785     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025394315915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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