Life Cycle of Ixodes minor (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Laboratory

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 496-499

  Banks, C W ^a   Oliver Jr , J H ^a   Phillips, J B ^a   Clark, K L ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes minor; Life cycle; Tick host associations; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES MINOR; IXODIDAE; NEOTOMA; RODENTIA; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MOUSE; SIGMODONTINAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; IXODES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; MICE; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 0032112036     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/35.4.496     Document Type: Article

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