Hard Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Humans A Global Overview /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Guglielmone, Alberto A. (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Robbins, Richard G. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Θέματα: Entomology.; Parasitology.; Animal systematics.; Animal taxonomy.; Public health.; Epidemiology.; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Public Health.

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 i...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Acknowledgement
• Introduction
• Methodology
• 1. Tick species found feeding on humans
• 2. Tick species wrongly considered parasites of humans
• 3. Invalid species recorded from humans (synonyms, incertae sedis, nomina dubia, nomina nuda)
• Commens and conclusions
• References.