Characterisation of South African field Ehrlichia ruminantium using multilocus sequence typing
Heartwater, one of the major tick-borne diseases of some domestic and wild ruminants in Africa, is caused by Ehrlichia ruminantium. The genetic diversity of E. ruminantium isolates renders the available vaccine ineffective against certain virulent isolates. To better understand the E. ruminantium ge...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023-11-01
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| Series: | Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research |
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| Online Access: | https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/2119 |