Ticks parasitizing humans in Georgia and South Carolina

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 505-508

  Felz, Michael W ^a   Durden, Lance A ^b   Oliver Jr , James H ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFESTATION; IXODES; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITISM; TICK; TICK BITE; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; IXODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH CAROLINA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 0029945164     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284095     Document Type: Article

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