Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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Page 185
... immature ticks . During the original Crimean outbreak in 1944-1945 , the hare population increased enormously , followed by a concomi- tant increase in the tick vector , H. m . marginatum . Hares were also considered the chief mammalian ...
... immature ticks . During the original Crimean outbreak in 1944-1945 , the hare population increased enormously , followed by a concomi- tant increase in the tick vector , H. m . marginatum . Hares were also considered the chief mammalian ...
Page 277
... immature ticks with both Babesia microti , the piroplasm that causes babesiosis in animals and man , and B. burgdorferi . In one locality in Massachusetts , concurrent infection of the ticks with both pathogens significantly reduced the ...
... immature ticks with both Babesia microti , the piroplasm that causes babesiosis in animals and man , and B. burgdorferi . In one locality in Massachusetts , concurrent infection of the ticks with both pathogens significantly reduced the ...
Page 282
... immature stages of I. dammini . In contrast , feeding on other hosts tends to disperse the infection , diluting it and , thereby , resulting in maintenance of the infection at low levels , i.e. , as an enzootic disease . However , this ...
... immature stages of I. dammini . In contrast , feeding on other hosts tends to disperse the infection , diluting it and , thereby , resulting in maintenance of the infection at low levels , i.e. , as an enzootic disease . However , this ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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