Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa

Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa

Horak, Ivan G.; Heyne, Heloise; Spickett, Arthur M.; Gallivan, G. James; Bezuidenhout, J. Duerr; Estrada-Pena, Agustin; Williams, Roy

Springer International Publishing AG

03/2018

676

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Inglês

9783319706405

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CHAPTER 1

Introduction

CHAPTER 2

History

2.1 South Africa

2.2 Namibia

2.3 Botswana

2.4 Swaziland

2.5 Lesotho

2.6 Maputo Province

CHAPTER 3

Sources of Information and Methods

3.1 Southern Africa: Countries, Topography, Climate and Biomes

3.1.1 Countries

3.1.2 Topography

3.1.3 Temperature and rainfall

3.1.4 Biomes

3.2 Nomenclature

3.2.1 Ticks

3.2.2 Hosts

3.3 Descriptions

3.3.1 Taxonomy

3.3.2 Size

3.3.3 Male to female ratio

3.4 Distribution

3.4.1 South African Tick Survey

3.4.2 Other surveys

3.4.3 Regional distribution

3.5 Tick Collection

3.5.1 Tick collection from live animals

3.5.2 Tick collection from dead animals

3.5.3 Vegetation

3.6 Tick/Host and Host/Tick Lists

3.7 Host Specificity

3.8 Seasonal Abundance

3.9 Life Cycles

3.10 Tick-Borne Diseases

3.11 References

CHAPTER 4

The Genus Amblyomma

CHAPTER 5

The Genus Haemaphysalis

CHAPTER 6

The Genus Hyalomma

CHAPTER 7

The Genus Ixodes

CHAPTER 8

The Genus Rhipicephalus

CHAPTER 9

Ticks belonging to other Genera

CHAPTER 10

Hosts and Host and Vegetation Tick Lists

Hosts

Domestic animals

Humans

Wildlife

Host/Tick Lists

South Africa

Namibia

Botswana

Swaziland

Lesotho

Maputo Province

CHAPTER 11

Tick-Borne Diseases

Animals

Humans
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Ixodid ticks;disease transmission;distribution;hosts;tick research;Entomology;climate change impacts