title: Integrated control of ticks and tick-borne diseases.
abstract: Integrated control of ticks and tick-borne diseases (ICTTD) is currently promoted by an international project, supported by the European Union, with the aim to increase livestock productivity through the development of improved strategies for tick control, vaccine delivery and integrated diagnostics for tickborne diseases. This paper gives a brief overview of the ICTTD project activities against the background of recent initiatives to assess the impact of ticks and tick-borne diseases in the Mediterranean region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. f.jongejan@vet.uu.nl
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jongejan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D013983:Tick Control / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*; D017282:Tick-Borne Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013987:Ticks; D014612:Vaccines
chemical_list: D014612:Vaccines