Tick-borne pathogens and the vector potential of ticks in China

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Yu, Zhijun ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Wang, Tianhong ^a   Sun, Wenying ^a   Yang, Xiaolong ^a   Liu, Jingze ^a  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Tick borne pathogens; Ticks; Vector potential

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; IXODIDA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARACHNID VECTOR; CHINA; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; TICK; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CHINA; HUMANS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 84933500173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-014-0628-x     Document Type: Review

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