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In-depth coverage of ticks, their pathogens and control measures, written by an international collection of experts. Covers in-depth information on the biology of ticks, veterinary and medical tick-borne pathogens, and control methods. It includes an up-to-date list of more than 900 valid genus and species names, a full list of tick-borne viruses, and each chapter contains a comprehensive reference list. Covers in-depth information on the biology of ticks, veterinary and medical tick-borne pathogens, and control methods. It includes an up-to-date list of more than 900 valid genus and species names, a full list of tick-borne viruses, and each chapter contains a comprehensive reference list. Widespread and increasing resistance to most available acaracides threatens both global livestock industries and public health. This necessitates better understanding of ticks and the diseases they transmit in the development of new control strategies. Ticks: Biology, Disease and Control is written by an international collection of experts and covers in-depth information on aspects of the biology of the ticks themselves, various veterinary and medical tick-borne pathogens, and aspects of traditional and potential new control methods. A valuable resource for graduate students, academic researchers and professionals, the book covers the whole gamut of ticks and tick-borne diseases from microsatellites to satellite imagery and from exploiting tick saliva for therapeutic drugs to developing drugs to control tick populations. It encompasses the variety of interconnected fields impinging on the economically important and biologically fascinating phenomenon of ticks, the diseases they transmit and methods of their control. Preface A. S. Bowman and P. A. Nuttall; 1. Systematics and evolution of ticks with a list of valid genus and species names S. C. Barker and A. Murrel; 2. The impact of tick ecology on pathogen transmission dynamics S. E. Randolph; 3. Tick salivary glands: the physiology of tick water-balance and their role in pathogen trafficking and transmission A. S. Bowman, A. Ball and J. R. Sauer; 4. Tick saliva: from pharmacology and biochemistry to transcriptome analysis and functional genomics J. M. Anderson and J. G. Valenzuela; 5. Tick toxins: perspectives on paralysis and other forms of toxicoses caused by ticks B. J. Mans, R. Gothe and A. W. H. Neitz; 6. Tick lectins and fibrinogen-related proteins L. Grubhoffer, R. O. M. Rego, O. Hajdušek, V. Hypša, V. Kováŕ, N. Rudenko and J. H. Oliver, Jr.; 7. Endocrinology of tick development and reproduction H. H. Rees; 8. Factors that determine sperm precedence in ticks, spiders and insects: a comparative study W. R. Kaufman; 9. Tick immunobiology M. Brossard and S. K. Wikel; 10. Saliva-assisted transmission of tick-borne pathogens P. A. Nuttall and M. Labuda; 11. Lyme borreliosis in Europe and North America J. Piesman and L. Gern; 12. Viruses transmitted by ticks M. Labuda and P. A. Nuttall; 13. Babesiosis of cattle R. Bock, L. Jackson, B. De Vos and W. Jorgensen; 14. Theileria: life cycle stages associated with the ixodid tick vector R. Bishop, A. Musoke, R. Skilton, S. Morzaria, M. Gardner and V. Nene; 15. Characterization of the tick-pathogen-host interface of the tick-borne rickettsia Anaplasma marginale K. M. Kocan, J. De La Fuente and E. F. Blouin; 16. Emerging and emergent tick-borne infections S. R. Telford III and H. K. Goethert; 17. Analyzing and predicting the occurrence of ticks and tick-borne