Bartonella melophagi in Melophagus ovinus (sheep ked) collected from sheep in northern Oromia, Ethiopia

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-76

  Kumsa, Bersissa ^a,b   Parola, Philippe ^a   Raoult, Didier ^a   Socolovschi, Cristina ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Bartonella melophagi; Melophagus ovinus; Molecular detection; Oromia, Ethiopia; Sheep; Sheep ked

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA MELOPHAGI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ECTOPARASITE; ECTOPARASITOSIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GLTA GENE; MALE; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RPOB GENE; SHEEP;

BARTONELLA; CANDIDATUS BARTONELLA MELOPHAGI; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; OVIS ARIES;

BARTONELLA MELOPHAGI; MELOPHAGUS OVINUS; MOLECULAR DETECTION; OROMIA, ETHIOPIA; SHEEP; SHEEP KED;

ANIMALS; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; DIPTERA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84891039442     PISSN: 01479571     EISSN: 18781667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cimid.2013.11.001     Document Type: Article

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