Seasonal Activity and Relative Abundance of Amblyomma americanum in Mississippi

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 128-131

  Jackson, Lorraine K ^a   Gaydon, Douglas M ^a   Goddard, Jerome ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Ixodidae; Seasonality; Tick; Vector biology

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; IXODIDAE; LANES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TICK;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; TICKS;

EID: 0029678157     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.1.128     Document Type: Article

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