Ticks feeding on humans: A review of records on human-biting Ixodoidea with special reference to pathogen transmission

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 685-715

  Estrada Peña, Agustin ^a   Jongejan, Frans ^b  

^a Facultad De Veterinaria   (Spain)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Argasidae; Global distribution; Ixodidae; Removal; Tick borne diseases; Ticks; Vectorial capacity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BITES AND STINGS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ANIMALIA; ARGAS; ARGASID; ARGASIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMACENTOR; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HYALOMMA; IXODES; IXODIDAE; IXODOIDEA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033198461     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006241108739     Document Type: Article

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