Flying ticks: Anciently evolved associations that constitute a risk of infectious disease spread

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  De La Fuente, José ^a,b   Estrada Peña, Agustín ^c   Cabezas Cruz, Alejandro ^d   Brey, Ricardo ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e Ricardo Brey Studio   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bird; Evolution; Genetics; Pathogen; Tick

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; BIRD; BORRELIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; REVIEW; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; VECTOR CONTROL; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD VECTOR; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSES;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; BIRDS; BORRELIA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84944078705     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-1154-1     Document Type: Review

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