Field evidence for density-dependent facilitation amongst Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on sheep

Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 117-125

  Ogden, N H ^a   Casey, A N J ^a   French, N P ^a   Adams, J D W ^a   Woldehiwet, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ehrlichia phagocytophila; Ixodes ricinus; Resistance; Sheep; Tick; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; DENSITY; FEEDING; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL; TICK;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DNA, BACTERIAL; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIOSIS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; WALES;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARACHNIDA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIA; HEXAPODA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036176871     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001001081     Document Type: Article

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