Ticks of the Middle East
eBook - ePub

Ticks of the Middle East

Taxonomy, Biology, Ecology, Medical, and Veterinary Significance

  1. 382 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ticks of the Middle East

Taxonomy, Biology, Ecology, Medical, and Veterinary Significance

About this book

Ticks of the Middle East: Taxonomy, Biology, Ecology, Medical and Veterinary Significance consolidates the knowledge of ticks and tick-borne diseases in the Middle East region, with particular emphasis on their taxonomy, synonyms, distribution, ecology, and medical and veterinary significance. This book explores the history of tick research and the geoclimatic conditions of Middle Eastern countries. It also provides distribution maps of each tick species within the Middle East region and a list of ticks found in each country. Written by an international team of experts in the field, Ticks of the Middle East: Taxonomy, Biology, Ecology, Medical and Veterinary Significance provides a concise and authoritative resource on tick species in the region. - Covers ticks and tick-borne diseases in the Middle East countries of Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the Palestinian Territories, the United Arab Emirates, Türkiye, and Yemen. - Discusses the medical and veterinary aspects of ticks and their transmitted pathogens. • Provides taxonomic keys for the morphological identification of tick genera and the 72 ixodid and 29 argasid ticks found in the region. - Presents the molecular reference data for each ixodid and argasid tick included in this book, giving the accession numbers for the various genes available, along with the locality from which the sample sequences were derived.

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Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2025
eBook ISBN
9780443274701
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Medical Microbiology & Parasitology

Table of contents

  1. Title of Book
  2. Chapter 1. A historical overview of tick research in the Middle East
  3. Chapter 2. Classification and external morphology
  4. Chapter 3. Biology and ecology
  5. Chapter 4. Medical and veterinary significance
  6. Chapter 5. Prevention and control
  7. Chapter 6. Collection, preservation and mounting
  8. Chapter 7. Ticks of the Middle East
  9. Chapter 8. Individual species accounts
  10. Chapter 9. Taxonomy
  11. Chapter 10. Ticks in the Middle Eastern countries and their distribution
  12. Chapter 11. The presence of ticks in Middle Eastern countries and territories
  13. Chapter 12. Geoclimatic conditions of the Middle Eastern countries
  14. Index

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