Feeding aggregation of the tick Rhipicephalus appendiculatus (Ixodidae): Benefits and costs in the contest with host responses

Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 447-453

  Wang, H ^a   Hails, R S ^a   Cui, W W ^a   Nuttall, P A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Feeding aggregation; Host immunity; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Tick saliva

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPETITION; FEEDING; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GUINEA PIG; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFESTATION; IXODES; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; TICK;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVARY PROTEINS; TICKS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0034754805     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001008654     Document Type: Article

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