THE TYPES OF PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION BY BLOODSUCKING ARTHROPODS: TICKS AS A MOST SPECIFIC VECTORS

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Acknowledgments:

Vice-President of PENSOFT Publishers Mr. Sergei Golovatch was kind enough as to correct the English of an advanced draft. The research de-scribed in this publication was made possible in part by Grant 02-04-48654 from the Russian Basic Research Foundation.

Annotation:

The main types of pathogen transmission by bloodsucking arthropods are surveyed. Transmis-sion to vertebrate hosts and pathogen exchange between vectors inside the population were ana-lyzed as a basis of foci stability.

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