Seasonal dynamics of Ixodes ricinus in a 3-year period in northern Spain: First survey on the presence of tick-borne encephalitis virus

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1027-1035

  Barandika, Jesús F ^a   Hurtado, Ana ^a   Juste, Ramón A ^a   García Pérez, Ana L ^a  

^a NEIKER and a Vaccine producing Commercial Company CZVSL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flaviviruses; Ixodes ricinus; Real time RT PCR; Seasonal activity; Tick borne encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HOST; IMAGO; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; SPAIN; TEMPERATURE; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS FLAVIVIRUS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; IXODES; LARVA; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEASONS; SPAIN; ZOONOSES;

IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 78650011279     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0148     Document Type: Article

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