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Emerging tick-borne disease in African vipers caused by a Cowdria-like organism.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Oct 2006
Kiel Johnathan L, Alarcon Rodolfo M, Parker Jill E, Vivekananda Jeeva, Gonzalez Yvette B, Stribling Lucille J V, Andrews Carrie J
Abstract excerpt
Heartwater is a tick-borne infectious disease caused by the rickettsial organism Cowdria ruminantium, currently Ehrlichia ruminantium. It poses an imminent threat to the Western Hemisphere, where it could cause mortality in cattle and other ruminant livestock in excess of 70%. It has been reported in the Caribbean; and its vector, Amblyomma sparsum, has been found on imported African spurred tortoises (Geochelone...
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