Essays about: "Johan Stedt"

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  1. 1. Parasitizing behavior of Ixodes uriae ticks on Chilean Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) and their importance as pathogen vectors

    University essay from Naturvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johan Stedt; [2009]
    Keywords : Parasitizing; Flavivirus; Borrelia; Ixodes uriae; penguins.;

    Abstract : Ticks are vectors for a larger number of viruses and bacteria than all other arthropod taxa, including mosquitoes. In Europe is it foremost Borrelia spirochetes and the Flavivirus Tick-borne Encephalitis virus that cause disease in humans. In this study, the tick species Ixodes uriae has been studied. I. READ MORE