Lack of resistance against the tick Ixodes ricinus in two related passerine bird species

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 183-191

  Heylen, Dieter J A ^a   Madder, Maxime ^b   Matthysen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ixodes ricinus; Resistance; Songbird; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; PASSERINE; TICK;

ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BODY MASS; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFESTATION; IXODES RICINUS; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITISM;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IXODES; PASSERIFORMES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AVES; CYANISTES CAERULEUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; PARIDAE; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 73749086532     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.07.011     Document Type: Article

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