Autochthonous and migratory birds as a dispersion source for Ixodes ricinus in southern Italy

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-174

  Falchi, Alessandro ^a   Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,b   Lorusso, Vincenzo ^c   Malia, Egidio ^d   Lia, Riccardo Paolo ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d Parco Regionale Gallipoli Cognato Piccole Dolomiti Lucane   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birds; Disease; Ecology; Ticks

Indexed keywords

AUTOCHTHON; BIRD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISPERSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LARVA; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PARASITE INFESTATION; PASSERINE; PROTECTED AREA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ITALY; IXODES; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; ITALY; IXODES; PARASITE LOAD;

BASILICATA; GALLIPOLI COGNATO PICCOLE DOLOMITI LUCANE REGIONAL PARK; ITALY;

AVES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RICINUS COMMUNIS; TROGLODYTINAE; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS VISCIVORUS;

EID: 84865420617     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9571-8     Document Type: Article

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