Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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Page 97
... contrast to the guinea - pig model , rabbits apparently use eosinophils to mediate the CMI ; the basophil component of the cell infiltrate is relatively small , ranging from 1 to 11 % in infestations with different tick species ...
... contrast to the guinea - pig model , rabbits apparently use eosinophils to mediate the CMI ; the basophil component of the cell infiltrate is relatively small , ranging from 1 to 11 % in infestations with different tick species ...
Page 225
... contrast to the pattern seen in RMSF ( Rehacek and Tarasevich , 1988 ) . Ecology and Epidemiology R. conorii circulates in the natural environment between ticks and a wide spectrum of small and medium - sized mammals . The principal ...
... contrast to the pattern seen in RMSF ( Rehacek and Tarasevich , 1988 ) . Ecology and Epidemiology R. conorii circulates in the natural environment between ticks and a wide spectrum of small and medium - sized mammals . The principal ...
Page 287
... contrast , nymphal ticks , the primary vectorial stage , differentially parasitize many hosts , including lizards , which may diminish the force of transmission ( by dilution or by feeding on incompetent reservoir hosts ) . Many more ...
... contrast , nymphal ticks , the primary vectorial stage , differentially parasitize many hosts , including lizards , which may diminish the force of transmission ( by dilution or by feeding on incompetent reservoir hosts ) . Many more ...
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 infection 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 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