vbid/9780128110768

Description

Ticks of the Southern Cone of America: Diagnosis, Distribution and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance focuses on the tick species prevalent in The Southern Cone of America, including their distribution, biology, associated pathogens, their effects on the host, and control methods.

Based on review of the literature from more than five decades, 62 species of both hard and soft tick have been discovered on the Southern Cone of America. Tick genera observed and recorded include Amblyomma, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, Ixodes, and Rhipicephalus.

• Presents a comprehensive discussion that can be used to study identification and biology of tick species on hosts endemic to Argentina, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay)
• Provides pictorial keys that can be used to further identify species
• Facilitates prevention and control of tick-borne diseases in tropical region
• Helps in the diagnoses of tick borne diseases

Typham this is the title: Ticks of the Southern Cone of America Diagnosis, Distribution, and Hosts with Taxonomy, Ecology and Sanitary Importance