Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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Page 194
... organisms known as rickettsiae . In man , many of these diseases are characterized by a rash which occurs over most of the body , which is why they are termed spotted fevers . In this respect , spotted fevers are similar to Epidemic ...
... organisms known as rickettsiae . In man , many of these diseases are characterized by a rash which occurs over most of the body , which is why they are termed spotted fevers . In this respect , spotted fevers are similar to Epidemic ...
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... organisms are killed by pasteurization . Ticks play an important although decidedly secondary role in Q - fever epidemiology . Both argasid and ixodid ticks have been found capable of harboring the organism and passing it in their feces ...
... organisms are killed by pasteurization . Ticks play an important although decidedly secondary role in Q - fever epidemiology . Both argasid and ixodid ticks have been found capable of harboring the organism and passing it in their feces ...
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... organisms within the vacuole are of the same morphological form . Most organisms are surrounded by two membranes ; occasionally they appear with an additional double membrane ( Prozesky , 1987 ) . In their mammalian hosts , single organisms ...
... organisms within the vacuole are of the same morphological form . Most organisms are surrounded by two membranes ; occasionally they appear with an additional double membrane ( Prozesky , 1987 ) . In their mammalian hosts , single organisms ...
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