Differential virulence in two congeneric ticks infesting songbird nestlings

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1011-1021

  Heylen, Dieter J A ^a   Matthysen, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

great tit; Ixodes; kin selection; transmission; virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; HEMATOCRIT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; IXODES ARBORICOLA; IXODES RICINUS; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SONGBIRD; TICK; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; IXODES; SONGBIRDS; TICK INFESTATIONS; VIRULENCE;

AVES; IXODES; IXODES ARBORICOLA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 80053096011     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011000618     Document Type: Article

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