Co-feeding ticks: Epidemiological significance for tick-borne pathogen transmission

Parasitology Today

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 472-479

  Randolph, Sarah E ^a   Gern, Lise ^b   Nuttall, Pat A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ACARI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030561124     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(96)10072-7     Document Type: Review

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