Point seroprevalence survey of Ehrlichia ruminantium infection in small ruminants in The Gambia

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 508-512

  Faburay, Bonto ^a   Munstermann, Susanne ^a   Geysen, Dirk ^b   Bell Sakyi, Lesley ^c   Ceesay, Ansumana ^a   Bodaan, Christa ^d   Jongejan, Frans ^d,e  

^a International Trypanotolerance Centre Gambia   (Gambia)

^b Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAMBIA; GOAT; HEARTWATER DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MAP1 B PROTEIN, COWDRIA RUMINANTIUM; MAP1-B PROTEIN, COWDRIA RUMINANTIUM; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GAMBIA; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HEARTWATER DISEASE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 22844432139     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.12.4.508-512.2005     Document Type: Article

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