Epidemiological analysis of tick-borne diseases in Zambia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 331-342

  Simuunza, Martin ^a,b   Weir, William ^a   Courcier, Emily ^a   Tait, Andy ^a   Shiels, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Co infections; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Risk factors; Tick borne diseases; Zambia

Indexed keywords

LIVE VACCINE; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAST COAST FEVER; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEARTWATER DISEASE; HEMATOCRIT; LIVESTOCK; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; THEILERIA PARVA; TICK BORNE DISEASE; ZAMBIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMALS; BABESIA; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; HEARTWATER DISEASE; LINEAR MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; THEILERIA PARVA; THEILERIASIS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; ZAMBIA;

ANAPLASMA; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BOOPHILUS MICROPLUS; BOS; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; IXODIDA; THEILERIA PARVA;

EID: 78751636538     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.09.027     Document Type: Article

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