Ehrlichia ruminantium seroprevalence in domestic ruminants in Ghana: I. Longitudinal survey in the Greater Accra Region

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 175-188

  Bell Sakyi, L ^a,b   Koney, E B M ^a   Dogbey, O ^a   Walker, A R ^b  

^a Ministry of Food and Agriculture Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Domestic ruminants; Ehrlichia ruminantium; Ghana; Heartwater; Seroprevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MATERNAL ANTIBODY;

AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; AUTOPSY; BOVIDS; BRAIN; CATTLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; GHANA; GOAT; HEARTWATER DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; SEROCONVERSION; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SERUM; SHEEP; TICK;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 2442650516     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2004.02.010     Document Type: Article

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