Ixodid ticks infesting rodents and sheep in diverse biotopes of southern India

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 766-767

  Saxena, Vijay K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BUNYAVIRUS; INDIA; INFESTATION; IXODES; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RODENT; SHEEP; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; INDIA; MALE; PREVALENCE; RATS; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ACARI; BANDICOTA BENGALENSIS; BHANJA VIRUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; IXODES; IXODIDAE; ORTHOBUNYAVIRUS; OVIS ARIES; RATTUS SP.; RHIPICEPHALUS; RODENTIA; TATERA INDICA;

EID: 0030850003     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284262     Document Type: Article

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