Amblyomma cajennense is an intrastadial biological vector of Theileria equi

BACKGROUND: The apicomplexan hemoprotozoan parasite Theileria equi is one of the etiologic agents causing equine piroplasmosis, a disease of equines that is endemic throughout large parts of the world. Before 2009 the United States had been considered to be free of this parasite. Occasional cases ha...

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Published in:	Parasites & vectors Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 306
Main Authors:	Scoles, Glen A, Ueti, Massaro W
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London Springer-Verlag 23.10.2013 BioMed Central BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	adults Amblyomma cajennense Animals Babesiosis Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Dermacentor variabilis Disease transmission Disease Vectors DNA eggs Entomology equine piroplasmosis Female females genetics Horse Diseases Horse Diseases - parasitology Horse Diseases - transmission Horses immunology Infectious Diseases isolation & purification Ixodidae Ixodidae - parasitology Male Medical research Medicine, Experimental Parasitology Physiological aspects Polymerase Chain Reaction Prevalence studies (Epidemiology) ranching Texas Theileria Theileria - genetics Theileria - isolation & purification Theileria equi Theileriasis Theileriasis - parasitology Theileriasis - transmission ticks transmission Tropical Medicine vector competence Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science Virology Texas United States Tick-borne transmission Intrastadial transmission Vector competence Equine piroplasmosis
ISSN:	1756-3305, 1756-3305
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