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The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa

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This chapter provides a brief overview of the diseases and toxins transmitted by ticks in Southern Africa, and their modes of transmission

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  1. Department of Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa

    Ivan G. Horak

  2. ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, South Africa

    Heloise Heyne, Roy Williams & Arthur M. Spickett

  3. Department of Biology, University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni, Swaziland

    G. James Gallivan

  4. Yzerfontein, South Africa

    J. Dürr Bezuidenhout

  5. Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

    Agustín Estrada-Peña

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Horak, I.G. et al. (2018). Tick-Borne Diseases. In: The Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70642-9_11

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