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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Detection of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens of Urban Stray Dogs in South Africa.

Clara-Lee van Wyk, Khethiwe Mtshali, Moeti O Taioe, Stallone Terera, Deon Bakkes, Tsepo Ramatla, Xuenan Xuan, Oriel Thekisoe

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Clara-Lee van WykUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa.
Khethiwe MtshaliDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Arcadia Campus, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
Moeti O TaioeUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2905-4104
Stallone TereraPotchefstroom Animal Welfare Society, Potchefstroom 2531, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5269-8098
Deon BakkesGertrud Theiler Tick Museum, Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Veterinary Research, Onderstepoort 0110, South Africa.
Tsepo RamatlaUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0473-8075
Xuenan XuanNational Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080-8555, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2780-110X
Oriel ThekisoeUnit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Potchefstroom 2520, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0700-4787
North-West University · ZAObihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine · JPOnderstepoort Veterinary Institute · ZATshwane University of Technology · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to identify ticks infesting dogs admitted to the Potchefstroom Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) and to detect tick-borne pathogens they are harbouring. A total of 592 ticks were collected from 61 stray dogs admitted to PAWS originating from several suburbs in and near Potchefstroom, South Africa. The dog ticks were identified as

Indexed as

Anaplasma phagocytophilumBabesia spp.Coxiella spp.Ehrlichia canisHaemaphysalis ellipticaRhipicephalus sanguineusRickettsia spp.

Identifiers

PMID36014983
PMCPMC9416273
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