An outbreak of East Coast Fever on the Comoros: A consequence of the import of immunised cattle from Tanzania?

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 143, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 245-253

  De Deken, R ^a,b   Martin, V ^c   Saido, A ^d   Madder, M ^a   Brandt, J ^a   Geysen, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Vétérinaires Sans Frontières Belgique ^*  (Belgium)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d Comorian Association of Veterinary Technicians and Assistants ^*  (Comoros)

Author keywords

Comoros; East Coast Fever; Globalisation; Molecular epidemiology; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Theileria parva

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; EAST COAST FEVER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; IMMUNIZATION; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; THEILERIA PARVA;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CATTLE; COMOROS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RHIPICEPHALUS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TANZANIA; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS; VACCINATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 33846396728     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.08.018     Document Type: Article

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