Ixodes (Ixodes) scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae): Redescription of all Active Stages, Distribution, Hosts, Geographical Variation, and Medical and Veterinary Importance

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 297-318

  Keirans, James E ^a   Hutcheson, H Joel ^a,b   Durden, Lance A ^a   Klompen, J S H ^c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographical variation; Hosts; Ixodes scapularis; Medical veterinary importance; Redescription; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANGUIDAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BABESIA ODOCOILEI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; CERVIDAE; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; GALLIFORMES; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RODENTIA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IXODES; MALE; MOUSE; PARASITE VECTOR; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPOD VECTORS; CATS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; MICE; SHEEP; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030138991     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/33.3.297     Document Type: Article

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