Ticks and fleas of shrews in Appalachian Georgia and North Carolina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 666-667

  McCay, Timothy S ^a   Durden, Lance A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INSECTIVORE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ACRONICTA LEPORINA; BLARINA BREVICAUDA; CANIDAE; CTENOPHTHALMUS PSEUDAGYRTES; DORATOPSYLLA; INSECTA; IXODES ANGUSTUS; IXODES WOODI; IXODIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); SOREX FUMEUS; SORICIDAE;

EID: 0029742059     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3283802     Document Type: Article

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