Ticks and tick-borne pathogens from wildlife in the free state province, South Africa

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 437-446

  Tonetti, N ^a   Berggoetz, M ^a   Ruhle C ^a   Pretorius, A M ^b   Gern, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaplasma; Babesia; Ehrlichia; Rhipicephalus (boophilus) microplus; Theileria

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA BOVIS; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BOOPHILUS; EHRLICHIA; GAZELLA GAZELLA; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; ORYX GAZELLA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; THEILERIA; THEILERIA SEPARATA; THEILERIA SP. MALELANE SABLE ANTELOPE;

BACTERIAL DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BABESIA; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THEILERIA; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BABESIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EHRLICHIA; FEMALE; IXODIDAE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THEILERIA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 67649994656     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.2.437     Document Type: Article

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