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Colonization of Grande Comore Island by a lineage of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks.
Parasites & vectors - 17 Mar 2011
Yssouf Amina, Lagadec Erwan, Bakari Annabelle, Foray Coralie, Stachurski Frédéric, Cardinale Eric, Plantard Olivier, Tortosa Pablo
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BACKGROUND: Union of the Comoros suffered a severe East Coast Fever epidemic in 2004. Rhipicephalus appendiculatus was probably involved in pathogen transmission as this competent tick species, although previously absent from Comoros, was sampled on 4 animals on one geographical site during the epidemic. We carried out an entomological survey on all three islands of Union of the Comoros to establish cattle tick...
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