Tropical bont tick eradication campaign in the French Antilles. Current status

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 791, Issue , 1996, Pages 64-76

  Barre N ^a   Camus, E ^a   Fifi, J ^b   Fourgeaud, P ^b   Numa, G ^c   Rose Rosette, F ^b   Borel, H ^d  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Jardin d'Essai ^*  (Martinique)

^c DSV ^*  (Guadeloupe)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE; AMITRAZ; COUMAFOS; FLUMETHRIN; PHOXIM;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEARTWATER DISEASE; INSECT CONTROL; MARTINIQUE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0029766534     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1996.tb53512.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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