Driving forces for changes in geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus ticks in Europe

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Medlock, Jolyon M ^a   Hansford, Kayleigh M ^a   Bormane, Antra ^b   Derdakova, Marketa ^c   Estrada Peña, Agustín ^d   George, Jean Claude ^e   Golovljova, Irina ^f   Jaenson, Thomas G T ^g   Jensen, Jens Kjeld ^e   Jensen, Per M ^h   Kazimirova, Maria ^c   Oteo, José A ⁱ   Papa, Anna ^j   Pfister, Kurt ^k   Plantard, Olivier ^l   Randolph, Sarah E ^m   Rizzoli, Annapaola ⁿ   Santos Silva, Maria Margarida ^o   Sprong, Hein ^p   Vial, Laurence ^q   Hendrickx, Guy ^r   Zeller, Herve ^s   Van Bortel, Wim ^s   more..

^a Emergency Response Department   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Disease Prevention and Control   (Latvia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e Rue de la Voie Sacrée ^*

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

^j ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^l LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^p NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^q CIRAD   (France)

^r AVIA GIS   (Belgium)

^s EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

more..

Author keywords

Climate; Distribution; Ecology; Europe; Ixodes; Surveillance; Tick; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEER; DENMARK; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; HEALTH HAZARD; IXODES RICINUS; LANDSCAPE; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLAND; REVIEW; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; IXODES; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RUMINANTS;

ACARI; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 84871690508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-1     Document Type: Review

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