Biology of Ticks, Volume 2This is the second of a two-volume work on the biology, morphology, ecology, disease relationships, and control of ticks. Volume 2 explores survival strategies of non-nidicolous ticks (those dispersed throughout the open landscape and attacking passing hosts) versus nidicolous ticks (those surviving in caves, burrows, nests, or man-made shelters). It also examines immunological responses to tick parasitism, the role of ticks in disease transmission, and the control of ticks through acaricides and recent innovative approaches using knowledge of tick and host ecology, tick pheromones, hormones, and modelling. An appendix is also included, with details on methods for collecting ticks in the natural environment, preparing ticks for study, and laboratory rearing. This book is a worthy complement to the first volume's outstanding achievement, and will be of interest to entomologists, physicians, veterinarians, and public health officers. |
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... microvilli of the midgut . The small dark cylindrical object nearby is probably a section of another spirochete . Measurement bar , approximately 0.16 μm . 29.5 . Profile showing portions of two spirochetes within the outer region of ...
... microvilli of the midgut . The small dark cylindrical object nearby is probably a section of another spirochete . Measurement bar , approximately 0.16 μm . 29.5 . Profile showing portions of two spirochetes within the outer region of ...
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... microvilli of the midgut epithelium of the vector tick , Ixodes dammini . Measurement bar , 1 μm . Photograph credit to Dr Timothy J. Kurtti , University of Minnesota , St. Paul , MN . PERCENT INFECTED 60 60 50 MIDGUT 40 30 20 20 10 T 0 ...
... microvilli of the midgut epithelium of the vector tick , Ixodes dammini . Measurement bar , 1 μm . Photograph credit to Dr Timothy J. Kurtti , University of Minnesota , St. Paul , MN . PERCENT INFECTED 60 60 50 MIDGUT 40 30 20 20 10 T 0 ...
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... microvilli and , as a result , interfere with shell formation . Presumably , most eggs damaged by infection with these borreliae fail to mature . Transovarial transmission occurs with greater frequency in I. pacificus , but the reason ...
... microvilli and , as a result , interfere with shell formation . Presumably , most eggs damaged by infection with these borreliae fail to mature . Transovarial transmission occurs with greater frequency in I. pacificus , but the reason ...
Contents
ECOLOGY OF NONNIDOCOLOUS TICKS | 3 |
ECOLOGY OF NIDICOLOUS TICKS | 66 |
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY TO TICKS | 92 |
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