Attempts to feed Amblyomma variegatum ticks on artificial membranes

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 849, Issue , 1998, Pages 384-390

  Barre N ^a   Aprelon, R ^a   Eugene M ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EHRLICHIA; NONHUMAN; TICK;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EHRLICHIA;

EID: 0031825648     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb11077.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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