Research progress on fundamental biology of ticks

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  • College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050024, Hebei Province, China

Received date: 2017-10-27

  Online published: 2018-04-20

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 31400342), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province of China(No. C2015205124), and the Natural Science Research Programs of the Educational Department of Hebei Province(No. BJ2016032)

Abstract

As important vectors, ticks can transmit a great variety of zoonotic pathogens, and their harmful effects have long been awarded with new pathogens emerging occasionally. However, researches of fundamental biology of ticks have been obviously lagged behind that of insects. With the rapid development of molecular biology and other inter-discipline techniques, studies on tick taxonomy and systematic, biology and ecology as well as physiology and biochemistry have made great progress, which provide a theoretical basis for the integrated control of ticks and tick-borne diseases. In this paper, we reviewed the development of the fundamental biology of ticks in recent years, hoping to contribute to basic knowledge on subsequent integrated control of ticks and tick-borne diseases.

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YU Zhi-jun, LIU Shu-guang, DONG Na, DU Ming-shuo, LIU Jing-ze . Research progress on fundamental biology of ticks[J]. Chinese Journal of Vector Biology and Control, 2018 , 29(2) : 205 -208 . DOI: 10.11853/j.issn.1003.8280.2018.02.025

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