Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) affect 80% of the world's cattle population, hampering livestock
production throughout the world. Livestock industry is important to rural populations not only …

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

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 …

The outer membrane proteins (OMPs) of Gram-negative bacteria play a crucial role in
virulence and pathogenesis. Identification of these proteins represents an important goal for …

The obligate intracellular bacterium Ehrlichia ruminantium (ER) causes heartwater, a fatal
tick-borne disease in livestock. In the field, ER strains present different levels of virulence …

Heartwater is a tick-borne non-infectious fatal disease of wild and domestic ruminants
caused by the bacterium Ehrlichia ruminantium, transmitted by Amblyomma ticks. Although …

Heartwater, caused by the Rickettsiales Ehrlichia ruminantium (ER), is a tropical tick-borne
disease of wild and domestic ruminants, transmitted by Amblyomma ticks. It causes …

The Rickettsiales Ehrlichia ruminantium (ER) is the causative agent of heartwater, a fatal tick-
borne disease of livestock in sub-Saharan Africa and in the Caribbean, posing strong …

Ehrlichia ruminantium (ER) is a member of the order Rickettsiales transmitted by
Amblyomma ticks. This obligatory intracellular bacterium is the causative agent of a fatal …

A previously identified polymorphic Ehrlichia ruminantium gene, Erum2510, was
investigated to determine its ability to induce protective immunity in ruminants following two …