Identifying ticks: A pictorial guide

Patient Care

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 172-187

  Felz, Michael W ^a   Durden, Lance A ^b   Gregory, Tanya ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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