Spatial distribution of larval Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) on Peromyscus leucopus and Microtus pennsylvanicus at two island sites

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 207-211

  Markowski, Daniel ^a   Hyland, Kerwin E ^a   Ginsberg, Howard S ^a   Hu, Renjie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETIDAE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; IXODES; LARVA; PEROMYSCUS; RHODE ISLAND; RODENT DISEASES; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0030905128     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284440     Document Type: Article

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