Molecular evidence confirms occurrence of Rhipicephalus microplus Clade A in Kenya and sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: The tick vector Rhipicephalus microplus which transmits Babesia spp. and rickettsial pathogens has not been reported in Kenya since 1998. More recently, the pathogenic Babesia bovis has been detected in cattle blood DNA. The status of R. microplus in Kenya remains unknown. This study emp...

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Autores principales: Kanduma, Esther G., Emery, David, Githaka, Naftaly W., Nguu, Edward K., Bishop, Richard P., Šlapeta, Jan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7453536/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32854747
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04266-0

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