Targeted parasite control of arthropod vectors' behavior

Sergiev, V.P.

Meditsinskaia Parazitologiia i Parazitarnye Bolezni 2: 49-53

2010


ISSN/ISBN: 0025-8326
PMID: 20614528
Document Number: 645293
The paper gives examples of targeted pathogenic modification of the behavior of arthropod vectors (insects and ticks). Behavior control by a vector occurs towards its increased contact with a host, thereby raising the likelihood of successful transmission of a parasite and completion of the latter's life cycle.

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