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Infectious Disease
Study results from J.F. Anderson et al provide new insights into infectious disease
July 8th, 2008
According to recent research from the United States, "Ticks are classified in the subclass Acari [1] and are highly specialized obligate, bloodsucking, nonpermanent ectoparasitic arthropods that feed on mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians in all regions of the earth [2]. Although ticks are distributed from the tropics to subarctic areas, species diversity is greatest in tropical and subtropical regions [1]." "Possibly, the earliest published account of their parasitic habits was documented in. 1550 BC [3], but it was the seminal discovery of Smith and Kilborne in 1893 [4] that the tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) annulatus transmitted the protozoan parasite, Babesia...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-07-08)
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