Worldwide distribution and diversity of seabird ticks: Implications for the ecology and epidemiology of tick-borne pathogens

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 453-470

  Dietrich, Muriel ^a   Gómez Díaz, Elena ^a   McCoy, Karen D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Bird; Borrelia; Carios capensis; Hard ticks; Host parasite interactions; Ixodes uriae; Soft ticks; Soldado virus; Vector borne disease

Indexed keywords

AMBYOMMA LOCULOSUM; ANIMAL; ARGAS CUCUMERINUS; ARGAS MACROSTIGMATUS; ARGAS MONOLAKENSIS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CARIOS AMBLUS; CARIOS CAPENSIS; CARIOS CHEIKHI; CARIOS DENMARKI; CARIOS MARITIMUS; CARIOS MUESEBECKI; CARIOS SAWAII; CARIOS SPHENISCUS; CARIOS YUNKERI; ECOLOGY; HABITAT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; IXODES AMERSONI; IXODES AURITULUS; IXODES DIOMEDEAE; IXODES EUDYPTIDIS; IXODES JACKSONI; IXODES KAHLSI; IXODES KERGUELENENSIS; IXODES LAYSANENSIS; IXODES MURRELETI; IXODES PERCAVATUS; IXODES PHILIPI; IXODES ROTHSCHILDI; IXODES SIGNATUS; IXODES URIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEABIRD; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

ARGASIDAE; AVES; BORRELIA; CARIOS CAPENSIS; IXODES URIAE; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 79957598105     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0009     Document Type: Review

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