Ticks : biology, ecology, and diseases /
"'Ticks: Biology, Ecology and Diseases' provides a detailed overview of the fascinating world of tick biology and ecology. This book discusses disease transmission to humans and livestock, assesses the impact of human behavior and climate change on tick biology, and details how this w...
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London, United Kingdom ; San Diego, CA, United States ; Cambridge, MA, United States ; Kidlington, Oxford, United Kingdom :
Elsevier, Academic Press, an Imprint of Elsevier,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- A brief introduction to ticks
- Tick classification and diversity
- The tick life cycle
- Blood feeding as a life choice and the multiple functions of tick saliva
- An introduction to tick-borne disease
- Tick-borne diseases of humans
- Tick-borne diseases of animals
- Emerging diseases and the impact of the microbiome
- Emerging tick-borne diseases
- The tick microbiome
- Climate change and control of ticks and tick-borne diseases
- The impact of climate change on ticks and tick-borne disease transmission
- Controlling ticks and tick-borne disease transmission
- Synthesis : future developments in tick research.