Upcoming and future strategies of tick control: A review

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 79-89

  Ghosh, S ^a   Azhahianambi, P ^a   Yadav, M P ^b  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b SARDAR VALLABHBHAI PATEL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Endosymbionts; Insecticide; Tick control; Tick borne diseases; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

64 TRP VACCINE; ACARICIDE; CHICK EMBRYO TISSUE CULTURE VACCINE; COCKTAIL VACCINE; DNA VACCINE; GAVAC; PLANT EXTRACT; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL HEALTH; BABESIA EQUI; BABESIOSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EHRLICHIA CANIS; EHRLICHIOSIS; ENDOSYMBIONT; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH CARE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT GENETICS; INSECT VIRUS; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RNA SEQUENCE; TICK BORNE DISEASE; TYPHUS; VIRUS HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; VACCINES;

EID: 34547788800     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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