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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Dispatch
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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