Molecular identification of tick-borne pathogens in Nigerian ticks

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 572-577

  Ogo, Ndudim Isaac ^a,b,c   de Mera, Isabel G Fernández ^b,d   Galindo, Ruth C ^b   Okubanjo, Oluyinka O ^c   Inuwa, Hauwa Mairo ^c   Agbede, Rowland I S ^c   Torina, Alessandra ^e   Alongi, Angelina ^e   Vicente, Joaquín ^b   Gortázar, Christian ^b   De la Fuente, José ^b,f  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SICILIA A MIRRI   (Italy)

^f OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Epidemiology; Tick; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; AMBYLOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ARTICLE; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; CATTLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PIROPLASMIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS DECOLORATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; RICKETTSIA DECOLORATUS; RISK FACTOR; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; NIGERIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANIMALIA; BABESIA; BABESIA BIGEMINA; BABESIA DIVERGENS; BOOPHILUS; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA; IXODIDA; PIROPLASMIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA AFRICAE; THEILERIA;

EID: 84862505292     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.01.029     Document Type: Article

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