The distribution and spreading pattern of Dermacentor reticulatus over its threshold area in the Czech Republic-How much is range of this vector expanding?

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 183, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 130-135

  Široký, Pavel ^a   Kubelová, Michaela ^a   Bednář, Marek ^b   Modrý, David ^a,c   Hubálek, Zdeněk ^d   Tkadlec, Emil ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dermacentor reticulatus; GIS; Prediction map of probabilities; Vector abundance; Vector range; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STREAM (RIVER);

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEX RATIO; TICK INFESTATIONS;

DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODIDA;

EID: 82755182861     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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