Effect of forest clearing on the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l.

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 166-172

  Hubalek Z ^a   Halouzka, J ^a   Juricova Z ^a   Sikutova S ^a   Rudolf, I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Borrelia garinii; Czech Republic; Environmental management; Forest clearing; Habitat manipulation; Habitat modification; Ixodes ricinus; Lyme borreliosis risk; Tick; Vegetation reduction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOREST CLEARANCE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; JIHOMORAVSKY;

ACARI; AVES; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; BORRELIA GARINII; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33745494145     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2006.00615.x     Document Type: Article

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