| ticks of small ruminants in china. | the importance of ticks and tick-borne diseases of small ruminants in china is discussed. of the 109 species of ticks identified to date in china, 45 species infest small ruminants. five species have been proved to be involved, or possibly involved, in the transmission of tick-borne diseases. anaplasma ovis, babesia motasi, babesia ovis and two unidentified species of theileria, have been recorded in small ruminants in china. the diseases caused by these organisms are widespread in china, causin ... | 2007 | 17823826 |
| genotypic and antigenic identification of two new strains of spotted fever group rickettsiae isolated from china. | four isolates of spotted fever group rickettsiae isolated from ticks in china were compared with all known species and strains of spotted fever group rickettsiae by immunofluorescence assay, dna polymerase chain reaction followed by restriction endonuclease fragment length polymorphism analysis, sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and western immunoblot. the chinese isolates belonged to three types, including a novel serotype which has not been described before. one isolat ... | 1993 | 8093253 |