Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia Infecting Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), Yak ( Bos grunniens ), and Tibetan Sheep ( Ovis aries ) in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Area, China

• Published in: Frontiers in veterinary science Vol. 8; p. 779387
• Main Authors: He, Yong-Cai, Li, Ji-Xu, Sun, Ya-Li, Kang, Ming, He, Hong-Xuan, Guo, Yun-Hai, Ma, Ping, Wei, Yao-Ping, Li, Rui-Shan, Chen, Wang-Kai, Chen, Zhi-Hong, Li, Jing, Qi, Tong-Sheng, Yang, Jin-Fang, Zhang, Qing-Xun, Wang, Ye, Cai, Jin-Shan, Zhao, Quan-Bang, Hu, Guang-Wei, Chen, Ji-Yong, Li, Ying
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 08.02.2022
• Subjects: Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis; Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Area; Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia; Tibetan sheep; Veterinary Science; yak; Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia; yak; Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Area; Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis; Tibetan sheep

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Area (QTPA) has a complex natural ecosystem, causing a greatly increased risk of spreading various tick-borne diseases including rickettsial infections, which are regarded as one of the oldest known vector-borne zoonoses. However, the information of one of its pathogen, spo...