Potential effects of mixed infections in ticks on transmission dynamics of pathogens: Comparative analysis of published records

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 29-41

  Ginsberg, Howard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Coinfection; Mixed infections; Ticks; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIVITY; PATHOGEN; TICK;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIA; IXODES; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; SYMBIOSIS; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANAPLASMA; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BABESIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; EHRLICHIA; IXODES; SYMBIOSIS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; IXODIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57349155250     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-008-9175-5     Document Type: Article

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