Ticks of North-West Europe: Keys and Notes for Identification of the SpeciesLinnean Society of London and the Estuarine and Coastal Sciences Association, 1996 - Ixodidae - 178 pages |
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... infected hosts . Ticks are the most important vectors of disease to domestic animals worldwide . In terms of human health , their importance as vectors of disease is considerable and approaches that of mosquitoes . Only a minority ...
... infected hosts . Ticks are the most important vectors of disease to domestic animals worldwide . In terms of human health , their importance as vectors of disease is considerable and approaches that of mosquitoes . Only a minority ...
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... infected vector ticks . On the other hand , when hosts are the main reservoirs , the tick acquires an infection when it feeds . For example , in the case of Lyme disease , the most important reservoirs of the organism are generally ...
... infected vector ticks . On the other hand , when hosts are the main reservoirs , the tick acquires an infection when it feeds . For example , in the case of Lyme disease , the most important reservoirs of the organism are generally ...
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... infected with the spirochaete than are not infected . However , infection rates within European populations vary between 1 % and 50 % ( Mehl et al . , 1989 ) ; in Britain the rates tend to be lower than on the mainland . On the Dutch ...
... infected with the spirochaete than are not infected . However , infection rates within European populations vary between 1 % and 50 % ( Mehl et al . , 1989 ) ; in Britain the rates tend to be lower than on the mainland . On the Dutch ...
Contents
Diseases carried by ticks in NW Europe | 22 |
Methods of collection and control | 34 |
Aspects of tick biology | 43 |
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Adult female Adult male aegyptium argasids arrowed auriculae Babesia babesiosis basis and coxa Biology and Ecology birds mentioned Borrelia burgdorferi capitulum chelicerae coll Cornua coxa Dermacentor marginatus Dermacentor reticulatus Diagnosis Disease Relationships Dorsal view external spur feeding female basis female capitulum genital opening Haemaphysalis concinna Haemaphysalis punctata host Hyalomma hypostome infected internal Ixodes acuminatus Ixodes arboricola Ixodes caledonicus Ixodes canisuga Ixodes frontalis Ixodes hexagonus Ixodes ricinus Ixodes trianguliceps Ixodes uriae Ixodes ventalloi ixodids larvae length of male length of unfed longer than wide Lyme disease mammals mammals and birds Material figured names of mammals Nuttall NW Europe nymph Ornithodoros Overall length palp article Palps Palps short parasites parasitised porose areas posterior margin Rhipicephalus sanguineus Rickettsia sand martin scientific names sclerotised scutum species spirochaete spur on coxa Tarsus text are tabled tick Fig tick-borne encephalitis tularemia unfed female unfed nymph vector vespertilionis view of female virus width of basis