Tick surveillance in Great Britain

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-412

  Jameson, Lisa J ^a   Medlock, Jolyon M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermacentor reticulatus; Ixodes; Surveillance; Tick(s); Vector

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BIOSURVEILLANCE; BIRD; CARIOS VESPERTILIONIS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS CINNABARINA PUNCTATA; HEALTH SERVICE; HOST; HUMAN; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES ACUMINATUS; IXODES ARBORICOLA; IXODES CANISUGA; IXODES FRONTALIS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES LIVIDUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES TRIANGULICEPS; IXODES VENTALLOI; LIVESTOCK; LYME DISEASE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK; UNITED KINGDOM; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

AMBLYOMMA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CARIOS; CERVIDAE; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES; IXODES ACUMINATUS; IXODES ARBORICOLA; IXODES CANISUGA; IXODES FRONTALIS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES LIVIDUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES TRIANGULICEPS; IXODIDA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79954486312     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0079     Document Type: Article

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