Heartwater is a notifiable disease that is listed by the World Organisation for Animal Health.
It is caused by Ehrlichia ruminantium, an obligately intracellular Gramnegative bacterium in …

Ehrlichioses are caused by obligately intracellular bacteria that are maintained subclinically
in a persistently infected vertebrate host and a tick vector. The most severe life-threatening …

Tick saliva is a complex mixture of peptidic and non-peptidic molecules that aid
engorgement. The composition of tick saliva changes as feeding progresses and the tick …

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 …

Abstract Background The Capripoxvirus, Lumpy skin disease virus (LSDV) has a restricted
host-range and is being investigated as a novel HIV-1 vaccine vector. LSDV does not …

Ehrlichia chaffeensis is a tick-borne rickettsial pathogen and the causative agent of human
monocytic ehrlichiosis. Transmitted by the Amblyomma americanum tick, E. chaffeensis also …

Heartwater is an economically serious tick-borne disease of ruminants caused by the
intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia ruminantium. The disease has traditionally been controlled …

Ehrlichia ruminantium is an obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen which causes
heartwater, a serious tick-borne disease of ruminants throughout sub-Saharan Africa. The …

Canine visceral leishmaniasis is a serious public health concern in the Mediterranean basin
since dogs are the main Leishmania infantum reservoir. However, there is not a vaccination …

In order to identify the appropriate strains to use in vaccination trials against heartwater in
Burkina Faso, the protective effect of Gardel and Welgevonden strains was assessed …