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Ehrlichia ruminantium

Known as: Cowdria ruminantium, Kurlovia ruminantium, Rickettsia ruminantium 
A species of gram-negative bacteria in the family ANAPLASMATACEAE, that causes HEARTWATER DISEASE in ruminants.
National Institutes of Health

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Cowdria ruminantium Ab:PrThr:Pt:Ser:OrdCowdria ruminantium Ab:PrThr:Pt:Ser:Ord:IACowdria ruminantium Ab:PrThr:Pt:Ser:Ord:IBCowdria ruminantium Ab:PrThr:Pt:Ser:Ord:IF

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Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Ehrlichia minasensis sp. nov., isolated from the tick Rhipicephalus microplus.
Recently, we obtained a rickettsial isolate (Ehrlichia sp. UFMG-EVT) from the haemolymph of engorged Rhipicephalus microplus tick… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Comparative Genomic Analysis of Three Strains of Ehrlichia ruminantium Reveals an Active Process of Genome Size Plasticity
ABSTRACT Ehrlichia ruminantium is the causative agent of heartwater, a major tick-borne disease of livestock in Africa that has… 
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Infection of a goat with a tick-transmitted Ehrlichia from Georgia, U.S.A., that is closely related to Ehrlichia ruminantium
ABSTRACT We detected a novel tick-transmitted Ehrlichia in a goat following exposure to lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Ehrlichial infection in Cameroonian canines by Ehrlichia canis and Ehrlichia ewingii.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Host-symbiont conflicts: positive selection on an outer membrane protein of parasitic but not mutualistic Rickettsiaceae.
The Rickettsiaceae is a family of intracellular bacterial symbionts that includes both vertically transmitted parasites that… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Use of a specific immunogenic region on the Cowdria ruminantium MAP1 protein in a serological assay
Currently available serological tests for cowdriosis (Cowdria ruminantium infection) in domestic ruminants are hampered by their… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Molecular cloning, sequence analysis, and expression of the gene encoding the immunodominant 32-kilodalton protein of Cowdria ruminantium
Cowdria ruminatium, the causative agent of heartwater disease, expresses an immunodominant and conserved 32-kilodalton protein… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
A cloned DNA probe identifies Cowdria ruminantium in Amblyomma variegatum ticks
Heartwater, caused by Cowdria ruminantium and transmitted by ticks of the genus Amblyomma, is a constraint to ruminant animal… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE COWDRIA RUMINANTIUM INFECTION RATE OF AMBLYOMMA HEBRAEUM: EFFECTS IN MICE INJECTED WITH TICK HOMOGENATES
INTRODUCflON The 2 most important factors directly related to the immune status of the cattle on a particular farm that determine… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
In vitro cultivation of Cowdria ruminantium.
Cowdria ruminantium was cultivated in a calf endothelial cell line after the cells had been irradiated at 45 & 90 GY. Another… 
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