Temporal variation of Ixodes ricinus intensity on the rodent host Apodemus flavicollis in relation to local climate and host dynamics

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-295

  Rosà, Roberto ^a   Pugliese, Andrea ^b   Ghosh, Mini ^b   Perkins, Sarah E ^c   Rizzoli, Annapaola ^a  

^a Centre for Alpine Ecology   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Ixodes; Population; Tick(s)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICKETTSIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMIDITY; ITALY; IXODES; LARVA; MICE; MURINAE; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RODENT DISEASES; TEMPERATURE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RODENTIA;

EID: 35148887111     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.0607     Document Type: Article

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