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Volume 9, Number 1—January 2003
Research

Seasonal Dynamics of Anaplasma phagocytophila in a Rodent-Tick (Ixodes trianguliceps) System, United Kingdom

Kevin J. Bown*Comments to Author , Michael Begon*, Malcolm Bennett*, Zerai Woldehiwet*, and Nicholas H. Ogden*
Author affiliations: *University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

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Figure 1

The mean (+/- SE) numbers of larval, nymphal, and adult Ixodes trianguliceps ticks counted per rodent at 4-week intervals, 1997–1998. Shaded areas of similar intensity indicate ticks of different instars that may have belonged to the same cohort, according to interstadial development times deduced by Randolph (21). Arrows indicate potential transmission cycles: bold arrows indicate potential transmission from infected nymphs to uninfected larvae by means of rodent infections. Fine arrows indicat

Figure 1. The mean (+/- SE) numbers of larval, nymphal, and adult Ixodes trianguliceps ticks counted per rodent at 4-week intervals, 1997–1998. Shaded areas of similar intensity indicate ticks of different instars that may have belonged to the same cohort, according to interstadial development times deduced by Randolph (21). Arrows indicate potential transmission cycles: bold arrows indicate potential transmission from infected nymphs to uninfected larvae by means of rodent infections. Fine arrows indicate potential transstadial transmission from infected engorged larvae to infected host-seeking nymphs. For clarity only one within-year (A) and one between-year (B) cycle involving nymphal and larval ticks are illustrated.

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