Incidence from coincidence: Patterns of tick infestations on rodents facilitate transmission of tick-borne encephalitis virus

Parasitology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-186

  Randolph, Sarah E ^a   Miklisova D ^b   Lysy, J ^b   Rogers, D J ^a   Labuda, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Disease foci; Ixodes ricinus; Seasonal dynamics; Tick borne encephalitis

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMACENTOR; DYNAMICS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEEDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST; HYPOTHESIS; INFESTATION; IXODES; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLOVAKIA; TICK; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; FLAVIVIRUS; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; RNA VIRUSES; RODENTIA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 0032942976     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003643     Document Type: Article

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