Amblyomma hebraeum is the predominant tick species on goats in the Mnisi Community Area of Mpumalanga Province South Africa and is co-infected with Ehrlichia ruminantium and Rickettsia africae

BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, Amblyomma ticks are vectors of heartwater disease in domestic ruminants, caused by the rickettsial pathogen Ehrlichia ruminantium. Immature tick stages often bite humans, whereby they act as vectors of tick-bite fever caused by Rickettsia africae. Moreover, Amblyom...

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Autores principales: Jongejan, Frans, Berger, Laura, Busser, Suzanne, Deetman, Iris, Jochems, Manon, Leenders, Tiffany, de Sitter, Barry, van der Steen, Francine, Wentzel, Jeanette, Stoltsz, Hein
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7171862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32312285
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04059-5

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