Parasitizing behavior of Ixodes uriae ticks on Chilean Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) and their importance as pathogen vectors
Ticks are vectors for a larger number of viruses and bacteria than all other arthropod taxa, including mosquitoes. In Europe is it foremost Borrelia spirochetes and the Flavivirus Tick-borne Encephalitis virus that cause disease in humans. In this study, the tick species Ixodes uriae has been studie...
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Högskolan i Kalmar, Naturvetenskapliga institutionen
2009
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-2356 |