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Ehrlichia ruminantium, Sudan
To the Editor: Ehrlichia ruminantium, the causative agent of heartwater, is transmitted by Amblyomma spp. ticks. Amblyomma variegatum ticks, which are found in the Caribbean and sub-Saharan Africa, except in certain areas of southern Africa, are major vectors of E. ruminantium (1–3). A. lepidum is also an important vector of heartwater, especially in eastern Sudan (4). However, few epidemiologi...
متن کاملHeartwater--Ehrlichia ruminantium infection.
Summary Heartwater is a notifiable disease that is listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health. It is caused by Ehrlichia ruminantium, an obligately intracellular Gram-negative bacterium in the order Rickettsiales and the family Anaplasmataceae. The disease is borne byticks in the genus Amblyomma and causes heartwater, or cowdriosis, in wild and domestic ruminants, primarily in Africa, b...
متن کاملNatural history of Ehrlichia ruminantium.
Ehrlichia ruminantium is an obligately intracellular proteobacterium which causes a disease known as heartwater or cowdriosis in some wild, and all domestic, ruminants. The organism is transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma, and it is of serious economic importance wherever the natural vectors occur, an area which includes all of sub-Saharan Africa, and several islands in the Caribbean. Th...
متن کاملEhrlichia ruminantium: an emerging human pathogen?
To the Editor: Ehrlichia ruminantium, transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma, causes heartwater in ruminants in subSaharan Africa, Madagascar and some Caribbean islands, but there are no authenticated reports that the organism can cause disease in non-ruminants or humans. No reliable vaccine is available and infected animals frequently die before treatment with tetracyclines can be initiat...
متن کاملEstimation of the Prevalence of Ehrlichia ruminantium in Amblyomma spp. and Blood of Domestic Ruminants in the Sudan by Conventional PCR Based on pCS20 Gene Region
1. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Al-Butana, Tamboul, Sudan 2. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,University of Khartoum, Khartoum Sudan 3. Animal Resources Research Corporation Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries, Sudan 4. Department of Zoology, Omdurman Islamic University, Faculty of Science, Omdurman, Sudan 5. Departme...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1080-6040,1080-6059
DOI: 10.3201/eid1111.050744