Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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Page 215
... evidence of natural infection with virulent R. rickettsii has been obtained from thousands of A. americanum collected in RMSF - endemic areas throughout the southeastern US , nor have individuals known to have been bitten by rickettsia ...
... evidence of natural infection with virulent R. rickettsii has been obtained from thousands of A. americanum collected in RMSF - endemic areas throughout the southeastern US , nor have individuals known to have been bitten by rickettsia ...
Page 284
... evidence of infection was found in larvae or females . Vector competency trials by these workers showed no evidence of infection in nymphs that fed as larvae on infectious hosts and none of the nymphs transmitted spirochetes to ...
... evidence of infection was found in larvae or females . Vector competency trials by these workers showed no evidence of infection in nymphs that fed as larvae on infectious hosts and none of the nymphs transmitted spirochetes to ...
Page 321
... evidence suggests that the toxins may be glycoproteins containing large amounts of the amino acid proline . They are insensitive to digestion by pronase , a commercial mixture of proteolytic enzymes capable of digesting many proteins ...
... evidence suggests that the toxins may be glycoproteins containing large amounts of the amino acid proline . They are insensitive to digestion by pronase , a commercial mixture of proteolytic enzymes capable of digesting many proteins ...
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