Approaches towards tick and tick-borne diseases control
Ticks are obligate haematophagous ectoparasites of wild and domestic animals as well as humans, considered to be second worldwide to mosquitoes as vectors of human diseases. Tick-borne diseases are responsible worldwide for great economic losses in terms of mortality and morbidity of livestock anima...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
2013-04-01
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Series: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822013000300265&lng=en&tlng=en |