A Kuri Beef (Bos Taurus) Imported From The Lake Chad Has Introduced Hyalomma Impeltatum (Acari: Ixodidae), An Anthropophilic Tick To Gabon
Journal: European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences
Year: 2019

The cross-border trade cattle, involve the movement of several thousands of animals with the risk of introduction of zoonotic diseases and vector borne-diseases between the countries. It was during a trade transaction that a kuri beef (Bos Taurus) coming from the lake chad area in order to cover the needs in meat of the populations of Gabon has introduced Hyalomma impeltatum an anthropophilic tick. The risk of introduction in Gabon of pathogens such as the arbovirus Sindbis and Dhori; the virus