Transmission of Ehrlichia canis by Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks feeding on dogs and on artificial membranes

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 595-603

  Fourie, Josephus J ^a   Stanneck, Dorothee ^b   Luus, Herman G ^a   Beugnet, Frederic ^c   Wijnveld, Michiel ^d   Jongejan, Frans ^d,e  

^a Universitas   (South Africa)

^b Clinical Development   (Germany)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dogs; Ehrlichia canis; Feeding; In vitro; Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks; Speed of transmission

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CANINE EHRLICHIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SEROCONVERSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; FEEDING; IN VITRO; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS TICKS; SPEED OF TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PHYLOGENY; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84884989996     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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