Analysis of the distribution of the tick Ixodes ricinus L. (Acari: Ixodidae) in a nature reserve of western Germany using Geographic Information Systems

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-96

  Schwarz, Alexandra ^a   Maier, Walter A ^a   Kistemann, Thomas ^a   Kampen, Helge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GIS; Ixodes ricinus; Tick abundance; Tick distribution; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFESTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; ECOSYSTEM; ENCEPHALITIS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI GROUP; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 57449094299     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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