Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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... vertebrate hosts of the same class . Thus , all members of the subgenera Argas and Persicargas , representing more than 30 species , parasitize birds . Subgenus Argas species parasitize birds that build arboreal nests ; Persicargas ...
... vertebrate hosts of the same class . Thus , all members of the subgenera Argas and Persicargas , representing more than 30 species , parasitize birds . Subgenus Argas species parasitize birds that build arboreal nests ; Persicargas ...
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... vertebrates . In their vertebrate hosts , most Babesia parasites develop entirely in the red blood cells where they undergo repeated cycles of asexual development ( in some species , e.g. , B. microti and B. equi , the parasites also ...
... vertebrates . In their vertebrate hosts , most Babesia parasites develop entirely in the red blood cells where they undergo repeated cycles of asexual development ( in some species , e.g. , B. microti and B. equi , the parasites also ...
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... Vertebrate Hosts of RMSF In the United States and Canada , the major vectors of the disease to man are the American dog tick , D. variabilis , in the east , and the Rocky Mountain wood tick , D. andersoni , in the western regions of the ...
... Vertebrate Hosts of RMSF In the United States and Canada , the major vectors of the disease to man are the American dog tick , D. variabilis , in the east , and the Rocky Mountain wood tick , D. andersoni , in the western regions of the ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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abundance acaricide adult ticks Africa Amblyomma americanum andersoni animals antibodies antigens appendiculatus areas Argas argasid attack Babesia babesiosis birds Borrelia Burgdorfer burgdorferi burrows cattle clinical cycle deer Dermacentor develop diagnosis diapause dogs Ecology engorged enzootic Epidemiology erythrocytes females Figure forest genus habitat heartwater host cell host-seeking humidity immune important incubation isolated Ixodes dammini ixodid laboratory larvae livestock Lyme borreliosis Lyme disease mammals membrane merozoites midgut molting nests nidicolous Norval numbers nymphal nymphs occur organisms Ornithodoros oviposition paralysis parasites pathogen period permission proteins questing rabbits region relapsing fever reported Rhipicephalus ricinus rickettsiae RMSF rodents salivary glands schizonts seasonal activity sheep small mammals Sonenshine southern Spielman spirochetes sporozoites spotted fever stages survival symptoms temperature Theileria tick control tick feeding tick paralysis tick population tick species tick vectors tick-borne tick-borne diseases tissues transmission transmitted transovarial transstadial treatment tularemia unfed vaccine variabilis vector tick vegetation vertebrate virus viruses white-footed mice wild