Natural history of Ehrlichia ruminantium

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 167, Issue 2-4, 2010, Pages 123-135

  Allsopp, Basil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ehrlichia ruminantium; Epidemiology; Heartwater; Vaccine development; Virulence

Indexed keywords

INACTIVATED VACCINE; LIVE VACCINE; RECOMBINANT VACCINE;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL CYCLE; DISEASE CARRIER; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEARTWATER DISEASE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; RNA GENE; SEROLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HEARTWATER DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RUMINANTS;

AMBLYOMMA; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; IXODIDA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RICKETTSIA;

EID: 74449091308     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.09.014     Document Type: Article

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