Range expansion of Ixodes ricinus to higher altitude, and co-infestation of small rodents with Dermacentor marginatus in the Northern Apennines, Italy

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 970-974

  Martello, Elisa ^a   Mannelli, Alessandro ^a   Ragagli, Charlotte ^c   Ambrogi, Cecilia ^c   Selmi, Marco ^b   Ceballos, Leonardo A ^a   Tomassone, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Osservatorio Permanente Per Patologie a Trasmissione Vettoriale   (Italy)

^c Direttore Dott Fabio Cappelli   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apennines; Apodemus spp.; Dermacentor marginatus; Italy; Ixodes ricinus

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; APODEMUS; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; FEMALE; ITALY; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PREVALENCE; RODENT; TEMPERATURE; TICK INFESTATION; ANIMAL; ARVICOLINAE; DERMACENTOR; IXODES; MURINE; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASES; SEASON; TICK INFESTATIONS; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; ITALY; IXODES; MALE; MURINAE; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84907709964     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2014.07.021     Document Type: Article

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