Risk factors associated with ixodid tick species distributions in the Basque region in Spain

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 177-188

  Barandika, J F ^a   Berriatua, E ^a,c   Barral, M ^a   Juste, R A ^a   Anda, P ^b   Garcia Perez A L ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^c Campus de Espinardo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basque region; Ixodidae tick species; Risk factors; Seasonality; Spain

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASONALITY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RAIN; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; DERMACENTOR; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS CONCINNA; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 33745483292     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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