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Impact of ticks and tick-borne diseases on agriculture and human populations in Europe

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2005

O. A. E. SPARAGANO
O. A. E. SPARAGANO
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle, School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK
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Abstract

Ticks are considered in Europe to be the most important arthropod group responsible for vector-borne diseases in humans, while in the tropics mosquitoes take over this position with ticks being the second most important. Over the last decade, vector-borne diseases have proliferated within Southern Europe (Blue tongue and West Nile viruses, both mosquito-borne diseases) while human ehrlichiosis (a tick-borne disease) has increased dramatically in Eastern Europe.

Type
Centenary Review
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 143 , Issue 6 , December 2005 , pp. 463 - 468
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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