Biology of Ticks, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1991 - Ecology |
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... white - footed mice , supported approximately the same number of larvae but twice as many nymphs as did white - footed mice . Similar findings were made in New Jersey , where meadow voles were also significantly more important as hosts ...
... white - footed mice , supported approximately the same number of larvae but twice as many nymphs as did white - footed mice . Similar findings were made in New Jersey , where meadow voles were also significantly more important as hosts ...
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... white - footed mice or other competent reservoirs can acquire the pathogens and transmit them again when they molt and feed as adults . Thus , adults are also capable of transmitting the disease . The fact that nymphal feeding precedes ...
... white - footed mice or other competent reservoirs can acquire the pathogens and transmit them again when they molt and feed as adults . Thus , adults are also capable of transmitting the disease . The fact that nymphal feeding precedes ...
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... white - footed mice and white- tailed deer serve as hosts for I. dammini and as reservoirs for B. burgdorferi ( Table 29.2 ) . For example , short - tailed shrews ( Blarina brevicauda ) are frequently infested with immature I. dammini ...
... white - footed mice and white- tailed deer serve as hosts for I. dammini and as reservoirs for B. burgdorferi ( Table 29.2 ) . For example , short - tailed shrews ( Blarina brevicauda ) are frequently infested with immature I. dammini ...
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ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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