Toward closing a heartwater monitoring gap with a new pan-species ELISA suitable for domestic ruminants, wildlife, and camels.
Heartwater, caused by the tick-borne bacterium Ehrlichia ruminantium, threatens ruminant production in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean. Serological surveillance relies on species-specific ELISAs, so wildlife and camelids, which are potential reservoirs or sentinels, have no validated tools. We developed and evaluated a pan-species indirect ELISA prototype (ID Screen Ehrlichia ruminantium…
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