Detection of Borrelia theileri in Rhipicephalus geigyi from Mali

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 401-403

  McCoy, Brandi N ^a   Maïga, Ousmane ^b   Schwan, Tom G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Sociétés   (Mali)

Author keywords

Boophilus; Bovine borreliosis; Spirochete; Tick; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORRELIA; BORRELIA THEILERI; CATTLE; MALI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS GEIGYI; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BOVINE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPIROCHETE; TICK INFESTATION; VETERINARY;

BOOPHILUS; BORRELIA THEILERI; BOS; BOVINAE; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA; CATTLE; FEMALE; MALI; RHIPICEPHALUS; SPIROCHAETALES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84901640710     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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