| eastern rock sengis as reservoir hosts of anaplasma bovis in south africa. | recent work has identified the presence of anaplasma bovis, a tick-borne pathogen of cattle, in a previously undescribed species of tick collected from eastern rock sengis, elephantulus myurus, in limpopo province, south africa. these small insectivores are endemic to africa and are important hosts of immature ticks, however, their role as reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens has not been investigated. in order to elucidate the role of sengis in the epidemiology of a. bovis, we screened the blood ... | 2013 | 24050934 |