Preliminary evaluation of exotic tick species and exotic pathogens imported on migratory birds into the British Isles

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 328-332

  Pietzsch, M E ^a   Mitchell, R ^a   Jameson, L J ^a   Morgan, C ^b   Medlock, J M ^a   Collins, D ^b   Chamberlain, J C ^a   Gould, E A ^c   Hewson, R ^a   Taylor, M A ^b   Leach, S ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbovirus; Ixodes; Migratory birds; Tick; Viral pathogens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXOTIC SPECIES; FIELD STUDY; FLAVIVIRUS; IXODES; IXODES ARBORICOLA; IXODES FRONTALIS; IXODES LIVIDUS; IXODES RICINUS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NAIRO VIRUS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIPARIAN SPECIES; SPRING; TICK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; IRELAND; IXODES; PASSERIFORMES; RNA VIRUSES; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ARBOVIRUS; AVES; FLAVIVIRUS; IXODES; IXODES ARBORICOLA; IXODES FRONTALIS; IXODES LIVIDUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; NAIROVIRUS; RIPARIA RIPARIA;

EID: 47249145952     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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