First records of Amblyomma americanum, ixodes (ixodes) dentatus, and ixodes (Ceratixodes) uriae (Acari: Ixodidae) from Maine

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 629-631

  Keirans, James E ^a   Lacombe, Eleanor H ^b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; MAINE; MALE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARACHNIDA; ARBOVIRUS; HEXAPODA; IXODES DENTATUS; IXODES URIAE; IXODIDAE;

EID: 0031814763     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284739     Document Type: Article

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