V.M. Podboronov. Agents of Human and Animal Diseases and Ticks. Moscow, Medicine, 2004, 224 p.

Reviewer: member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences I.V. Tarasevich.

The monograph contains materials on epidemiology, microbiology, and biology of human and animal disease agents and highlights interaction of microorganisms with a macroorganism in the parasite – host system.

The general protection mechanisms of ticks when interacting with bacterial agents and the mechanisms providing for uniqueness and efficiency of their interaction with microorganisms are described in detail; virus behavior in ticks is reviewed in case of a single and combined contamination of ticks.

The book is intended for microbiologists, epidemiologists, ecologists, parasitologists, doctors, and biologists specializing in adjacent areas.

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