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COMPARISON OF EFFICACY OF AMERICAN AND AFRICANAMBLYOMMATICKS AS VECTORS OF HEARTWATER (COWDRIA RUMINANTIUM) INFECTION BY MOLECULAR ANALYSES AND TRANSMISSION TRIALS
1 Feb 2000
Abstract excerpt
The ability of Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma cajennense, Amblyomma maculatum, and Amblyomma variegatum to acquire and transmit Cowdria ruminantium infection was investigated. Uninfected nymphs were fed on clinically reacting C. ruminantium-infected sheep and then analyzed for infection by specific DNA detection assays and by tick transmission trials. By polymerase chain reaction (PCR), the mean infection...
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