A Surveillance Study on Tick and Tick-Borne Pathogen diversity in Shimba Hills National Reserve, Kenya
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................................................................................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................. vi LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................... ix LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................ x LIST OF APPENDICES ............................................................................................................... xi LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ...................................................................................................... xii CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION AND LITEREATURE REVIEW ................................. 1 1.0 General Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1 1.1.1 General Objective ....................................................................................................... 4 1.1.2 Specific Objectives ..................................................................................................... 4 1.2 Literature review ............................................................................................................... 5 1.2.1 Tick Taxonomy and diversity ..................................................................................... 5 1.2.2 Argasidae .................................................................................................................... 7 1.2.3 Ixodidae (Hard ticks) .................................................................................................. 7 1.2.4 Ticks as vectors and reservoir of disease pathogens .................................................. 7 1.2.5 Tick – host – pathogen interactions ............................................................................ 9
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