Equine Piroplasmosis Associated with Amblyomma cajennense Ticks, Texas, USA

We report an outbreak of equine piroplasmosis in southern Texas, USA, in 2009. Infection prevalence reached 100% in some areas (292 infected horses). Amblyomma cajennense was the predominant tick and experimentally transmitted Theileria equi to an uninfected horse. We suggest that transmission by th...

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Autores principales: Scoles, Glen A., Hutcheson, H. Joel, Schlater, Jack L., Hennager, Steven G., Pelzel, Angela M., Knowles, Donald P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3310643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22000367
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.101182
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author Scoles, Glen A.
Hutcheson, H. Joel
Schlater, Jack L.
Hennager, Steven G.
Pelzel, Angela M.
Knowles, Donald P.
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description We report an outbreak of equine piroplasmosis in southern Texas, USA, in 2009. Infection prevalence reached 100% in some areas (292 infected horses). Amblyomma cajennense was the predominant tick and experimentally transmitted Theileria equi to an uninfected horse. We suggest that transmission by this tick species played a role in this outbreak.
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spelling pubmed-33106432012-06-27 Equine Piroplasmosis Associated with Amblyomma cajennense Ticks, Texas, USA Scoles, Glen A. Hutcheson, H. Joel Schlater, Jack L. Hennager, Steven G. Pelzel, Angela M. Knowles, Donald P. Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch We report an outbreak of equine piroplasmosis in southern Texas, USA, in 2009. Infection prevalence reached 100% in some areas (292 infected horses). Amblyomma cajennense was the predominant tick and experimentally transmitted Theileria equi to an uninfected horse. We suggest that transmission by this tick species played a role in this outbreak. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3310643/ /pubmed/22000367 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1710.101182 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Scoles, Glen A.
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Equine Piroplasmosis Associated with Amblyomma cajennense Ticks, Texas, USA
title Equine Piroplasmosis Associated with Amblyomma cajennense Ticks, Texas, USA
title_full Equine Piroplasmosis Associated with Amblyomma cajennense Ticks, Texas, USA
title_fullStr Equine Piroplasmosis Associated with Amblyomma cajennense Ticks, Texas, USA
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title_short Equine Piroplasmosis Associated with Amblyomma cajennense Ticks, Texas, USA
title_sort equine piroplasmosis associated with amblyomma cajennense ticks, texas, usa
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