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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... animal nests and burrows until a potential host arrives , whereas exophilic ticks ( species or stages ) actively seek hosts when the seasons are suitable . Many exophilic ticks cling to plant stems ( Figs . 3 , 12 ) and await passing ...
... animal nests and burrows until a potential host arrives , whereas exophilic ticks ( species or stages ) actively seek hosts when the seasons are suitable . Many exophilic ticks cling to plant stems ( Figs . 3 , 12 ) and await passing ...
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... animals worldwide . In terms of human health , their importance as vectors of disease is considerable and approaches that of mosquitoes . Only a minority , however , of tick species ( ca 100-200 ) are involved in the spread of medically ...
... animals worldwide . In terms of human health , their importance as vectors of disease is considerable and approaches that of mosquitoes . Only a minority , however , of tick species ( ca 100-200 ) are involved in the spread of medically ...
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... animals , ticks can transmit infections from one to another . Those with the widest range of hosts are usually the most important carriers of disease ( in NW Europe ) . Dispersal : Together with a mobile host , ticks can spread ...
... animals , ticks can transmit infections from one to another . Those with the widest range of hosts are usually the most important carriers of disease ( in NW Europe ) . Dispersal : Together with a mobile host , ticks can spread ...
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