Predominance of Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks from kennel-confined dogs in Limbe, Cameroon

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-168

  Ndip, Lucy M ^a   Ndip, Roland N ^b   Esemu, Seraphine N ^a   Walker, David H ^c,d   McBride, Jere W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Ehrlichia canis; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DNA; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN; TICK;

CAMEROON;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; CAMEROON; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CHAFFEENSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 77449119048     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-009-9293-8     Document Type: Article

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