Spatial distribution and seasonality of ticks (Acarina: Ixodidae) in a protected area in the Northern Apennines

Parassitologia

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-45

  Mannelli, A ^a   Tolari, F ^a   Pedri, P ^b   Stefanelli, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ASR n 15 ^*  (Italy)

^c Ist Zooprofilattico Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apodemus; Borreliosis; Dermacentor; Haemaphysalis; Italy

Indexed keywords

ACARI; APODEMUS; BORRELIA; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; FAGUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDAE; QUERCUS; RODENTIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; ITALY; MURIDAE; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT; SEASON; TICK; TREE;

ANIMALS; ITALY; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; TREES;

EID: 0031083467     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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