<i>ln vitro</i> isolation of <i>Ehrlichia ruminantium</i> from ovine blood into <i>lxodes scapularis</i> (lDE8) cell cultures

Four stocks of Ehrlichiar uminantium (Welgevonden, Ball3, Nonile and Blaauwkrans), the causative agent of heartwater in domestic ruminants, were isolated into lxodes capularis (lDE8) tick cells using the leukocyte fraction of the blood of infected sheep. Organisms of two of the E. ruminantrum stocks...

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Main Authors: E. Zweygarth, A. I. Josemans, H. C. Steyn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2008-08-01
Series:Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research
Online Access:https://ojvr.org/index.php/ojvr/article/view/10