Lizards as Hosts for Immature Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in North Carolina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 594-598

  Levine, Jay F ^a   Apperson, Charles S ^a   Howard, Peter ^a   Washburn, Michelle ^a   Braswell, Alvin L ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Eumeces inexpectatus; Ixodes scapularis; Lizards; North Carolina

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANGUIDAE; ARTHROPODA; ASPIDOSCELIS SEXLINEATA; CNEMIDOPHORUS; EUMECES FASCIATUS; EUMECES INEXPECTATUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; OPHISAURUS VENTRALIS; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; LIZARD; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IXODES; LIZARDS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA;

EID: 0031262828     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.6.594     Document Type: Article

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