The role of rodents in the ecology of ixodes ricinus and associated pathogens in central and Eastern Europe

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages

  Mihalca, Andrei D ^a   Sándor, Attila D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Ecology; Europe; Ixodes ricinus; Rodents; Synchronous activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; EASTERN EUROPE; HUMAN; HYALOMMA; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITISM; RODENT; SURVIVAL RATE; ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMANS; IXODES; RODENTIA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84899041585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00056     Document Type: Article

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