Attachment duration required for Rhipicephalus appendiculatus to transmit Theileria parva to the host

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-248

  Konnai, Satoru ^a   Yamada, Shinji ^a   Imamura, Saiki ^a   Simuunza, Martin ^b   Chembensof, Mwelwa ^b   Chota, Amos ^b   Nambota, Andrew ^b   Ohashi, Kazuhiko ^a   Onuma, Misao ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Duration; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Theileria parva; Tick attachment; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; SKIN BIOPSY; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; IXODIDA; MUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 34547638845     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0616     Document Type: Article

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