The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa write by Ivan G. Horak. This book was released on 2018-02-14. The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a comprehensive work summarizing the current state of knowledge of the biology of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Maputo Province, Mozambique). It provides an overview of the history of tick research in Southern Africa and the evolution of our knowledge of the ticks’ distribution and biology, as well as the methods used to determine tick distribution, abundance and host preference. The morphologies of most of the tick species known to occur in Southern Africa are described and illustrated, and their distributions are described and mapped in relation to the biomes of the region. The known hosts for each tick species are listed, and the tick’s host preferences are discussed. Information on most species life cycle in the laboratory and the field, and their seasonal occurrence, is summarized. The diseases of animals and humans transmitted or caused by each tick species are summarized in relation to tick ecology. Aspects of the biology of the major hosts relevant to tick infestations are described, and extensive tick/host and host/tick lists are provided for each country
Ticks of Europe and North Africa
Ticks of Europe and North Africa - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ticks of Europe and North Africa write by Agustín Estrada-Peña. This book was released on 2018-12-11. Ticks of Europe and North Africa available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book includes descriptive keys for identifying every stage of all the species of ticks reported in Europe and northern Africa. It includes descriptive texts on the ecology and prominent features of each species, together with ink illustrations and distribution maps of more than 60 species of hard and soft ticks. The text for each species was prepared by specialists, the illustrations were made especially for this book and the maps were compiled on the basis of more than 40 years of records. This book is the first to offer keys for more than 60 species of ticks (both immature and adult) in the target territory. It also includes supplementary information with bibliographical details for each species. This book is based upon work from COST Action TD1303, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
Physiology of Ticks
Physiology of Ticks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Physiology of Ticks write by Frederick D. Obenchain. This book was released on 2013-10-22. Physiology of Ticks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Physiology of Ticks focuses on the unique (and probably the most vulnerable) features of tick physiology and the physiological aspects of tick interactions with their hosts. The mechanisms used by non-feeding ticks to maintain their water balance are examined, along with the salivary mechanisms used by feeding ixodid ticks for excreting the enormous excess volumes of water and salts taken in during blood sucking. This book is comprised of 13 chapters and begins with a description of the morphology, deposition, and components of the tick cuticle. The discussion then turns to humidity relationships and water balance of ticks, as well as the sensory basis of tick feeding behavior and the immunological basis of host resistance to ticks. Subsequent chapters explore blood digestion in ticks; tick reproduction, with emphasis on sperm development, cytogenetics, oogenesis, and oviposition; effects of insect hormones and their mimics on tick development and reproduction; and the mechanisms of tick pheromones. The final chapter deals with diapause and biological rhythms in ticks. This monograph will be of value to entomologists, physiologists, biologists, and practitioners of tropical science.
Rickettsial Diseases
Rickettsial Diseases - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rickettsial Diseases write by Didier Raoult. This book was released on 2007-04-26. Rickettsial Diseases available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The only available reference to comprehensively discuss the common and unusual types of rickettsiosis in over twenty years, this book will offer the reader a full review on the bacteriology, transmission, and pathophysiology of these conditions. Written from experts in the field from Europe, USA, Africa, and Asia, specialists analyze specific patho
Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Humans
Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Humans - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Humans write by Alberto A. Guglielmone. This book was released on 2018-11-01. Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Humans available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Ticks of the family Ixodidae, commonly known as hard ticks, occur worldwide and are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of agents pathogenic to humans. Of the 729 currently recognized hard tick species, 283 (39%) have been implicated as human parasites, but the literature on these species is both immense and scattered, with the result that health professionals are often unable to determine whether a particular tick specimen, once identified, represents a species that is an actual or potential threat to its human host. In this book, two leading tick specialists provide a list of the species of Ixodidae that have been reported to feed on humans, with emphasis on their geographical distribution, principal hosts, and the tick life history stages associated with human parasitism. Also included is a discussion of 21 ixodid species that, while having been found on humans, are either not known to have actually fed or may have been misidentified. Additionally, 107 tick names that have appeared in papers on tick parasitism of humans, and that might easily confuse non-taxonomists, are shown to be invalid under the rules of zoological nomenclature. Although the species of ticks that attack humans have long attracted the attention of researchers, few comprehensive studies of these species have been attempted. By gleaning and analyzing the results of over 1,100 scientific papers published worldwide, the authors have provided an invaluable survey of hard tick parasitism that is unprecedented in its scope and detail.
