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Neurobiology of arthropod parasites

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

I. D. Harrow ,
K. A. F. Gration  and
N. A. Evans
I. D. Harrow
Affiliation:
Animal Health Discovery, Pfizer Central Research, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ
K. A. F. Gration
Affiliation:
Animal Health Discovery, Pfizer Central Research, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ
N. A. Evans
Affiliation:
Animal Health Discovery, Pfizer Central Research, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ
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Many medically important diseases of man are caused by blood-sucking arthropods which serve as vectors for a wide range of viral, bacterial, protozoal and nematode infections (Table 1). Furthermore, serious economic losses are caused by the numerous arthropod parasites which infect domesticated animals (for examples, see Table 2). Among these the ixodid hard ticks are particularly important and it has been estimated that the global cost of hard tick infections is $7000 million per annum (F.A.O., 1984). Not surprisingly, there have been strenuous efforts to control infections caused by arthropods.

Keywords

ticksneurotransmittersacetylcholineamino acidsbiogenic aminesneuropeptides.
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Parasitology , Volume 102 , supplement S1: Symposia of the British Society for Parasitology Volume 28:Parasite neurobiology , January 1991 , pp. S59 - S69
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