Heartwater, caused by the rickettsial organism Cowdria ruminantium and transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma, is considered to be the most important tick-borne disease of cattle in southern Africa, and is second only in importance to East Coast fever (theileriosis) in eastern Africa. This p...
O'Callaghan, C.J.
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Medley, G.F.
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Peter, T.F.
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Perry, Brian D.
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[Modelling the transmission dynamics of Cowdria ruminantium: Supporting the case for endemic stability]
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Modelling the transmission dynamics of Cowdria ruminantium: Supporting the case for endemic stability
The mechanisms by which the rabies virus persists in a host population are unclear. Mathematical models of rabies have difficulty in explaining how the rabies virus persists in the host population between epidemics. Simple deterministic models of rabies predict an unrealistically low number of in...
Kitala, P.M.
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Coleman, P.G.
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McDermott, John J.
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[Modelling the potential importance of wildlife for rabies persistence in Machakos District, Kenya]
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Modelling the potential importance of wildlife for rabies persistence in Machakos District, Kenya
Heartwater, an infectious disease of ruminants caused by the rickettsia Cowdria ruminantium (transmitted by ixodid ticks of the genus Amblyomma and vertically), severely constrains livestock production throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Its epidemiology varies from epidemics with high mortality (on i...
O'Callaghan, C.J.
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Medley, G.F.
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Peter, T.F.
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Mahan, S.M.
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Perry, Brian D.
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[Predicting the effect of vaccination of the transmission dynamics of heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium infection)]
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Predicting the effect of vaccination of the transmission dynamics of heartwater (Cowdria ruminantium infection)
Tsetse-transmitted trypanosomosis affects cattle production over approximately 10 million km2 of Africa. In these areas, trypanocidal drugs, both prophylactic and curative, are the most widely used methods of trypanosomosis control. However, resistance of trypanosomes to the 3 trypanocidal drugs ...
McDermott, John J.
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Coleman, P.G.
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Eisler, M.C.
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Peregrine, A.S.
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[The effects of resistance to trypanocidal drugs on trypanosome transmission]
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The effects of resistance to trypanocidal drugs on trypanosome transmission
Heartwater is a disease of high mortality in domestic ruminants (cattle, sheep and goats) in sub-Saharan Africa and in the Caribbean. An intracellular rickettsia, Cowdria ruminantium, is the cause of the disease and is transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma. Losses due to heartwater are high...
Peter, T.F.
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O'Callaghan, C.J.
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Medley, G.F.
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Mahan, S.M.
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Perry, Brian D.
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[Biological support for modeling the transmission dynamics of cowdriosis]
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Biological support for modeling the transmission dynamics of cowdriosis
Young, A.S.
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Shaw, M.K.
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Ochanda, H.
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Morzaria, S.P.
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Dolan, T.T.
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[Factors affecting the transmission of African Theileria species of cattle by ixodid ticks]
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Factors affecting the transmission of African Theileria species of cattle by ixodid ticks
Dwinger, R.H.
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Luckins, G.
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Murray, M.
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Rae, P.
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Moloo, S.K.
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[Interference between different serodemes of Trypanosoma congolense in the establishment of superinfections in goats following tsetse transmission]
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Interference between different serodemes of Trypanosoma congolense in the establishment of superinfections in goats following tsetse transmission