Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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... increased gradually during night - time but declined during daylight . The proportion of questing ticks increased in relation to increasing relative humidity and declining ambient temperatures . Overall , the proportion of I. pacificus ...
... increased gradually during night - time but declined during daylight . The proportion of questing ticks increased in relation to increasing relative humidity and declining ambient temperatures . Overall , the proportion of I. pacificus ...
Page 210
... increased severity and probability of death are increasing age , male sex , and glucose 6 - phosphate deficiency ( Walker , 1988 ) . Severe illness or death can usually be avoided by prompt treatment with antibiotics . Pathologically ...
... increased severity and probability of death are increasing age , male sex , and glucose 6 - phosphate deficiency ( Walker , 1988 ) . Severe illness or death can usually be avoided by prompt treatment with antibiotics . Pathologically ...
Page 274
... increasing spread of a highly efficient vector , the American deer tick , I. dammini ; ( 2 ) the widespread , virtually ubiquitous occurrence of a remarkably competent tick and reservoir host , the white - footed mouse , Peromyscus ...
... increasing spread of a highly efficient vector , the American deer tick , I. dammini ; ( 2 ) the widespread , virtually ubiquitous occurrence of a remarkably competent tick and reservoir host , the white - footed mouse , Peromyscus ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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