Impact of microclimate on immature tick-rodent host interactions (Acari: Ixodidae): Implications for parasite transmission

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 741-748

  Randolph, Sarah E ^a   Storey, Katie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ixodes ricinus; Ixodid tick; Microclimate; Pathogen transmission; Questing behavior; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; FLAVIVIRUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE; LYME DISEASE; MICROCLIMATE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LYME DISEASE; MICROCLIMATE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033220205     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.6.741     Document Type: Article

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