Ilemobade A A, Blotkamp C
Tropenmed Parasitol. 1978 Sep;29(3):311-4.
A serological survey of Eperythrozoon ovis infection in sheep was carried out in the main sheep farming areas of Nigeria, using the indirect immunofluorescent antibody test. Out of a total of 402 animals surveyed, 145, representing 36 per cent, were found to be serologically positive. Approximately 90 per cent of the sero-positives were sheep kept under intensive or semi-intensive systems of management indicating that close contact facilitated spread of the parasite. Microscopic examination of representative blood smears revealed E. ovis in only 12 of the serologically positive sheep. It was concluded that endemic stability explains why the parasite has not been reported earlier in Nigeria.
在尼日利亚的主要养羊区，采用间接免疫荧光抗体试验对绵羊附红细胞体感染情况进行了血清学调查。在总共402只被调查的动物中，有145只（占36%）血清学检测呈阳性。约90%的血清学阳性绵羊是采用集约化或半集约化管理方式饲养的，这表明密切接触促进了寄生虫的传播。对代表性血涂片进行显微镜检查发现，在血清学阳性的绵羊中只有12只检测到附红细胞体。得出的结论是，地方流行性稳定解释了为什么该寄生虫在尼日利亚此前未被报道。
