First records of Hyalomma aegyptium (Acari: Ixodida: Ixodidae) from the Russian spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca nikolskii, with an analysis of tick population dynamics

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1303-1305

  Robbins, Richard G ^a   Karesh, William B ^b   Calle, Paul P ^b   Leontyeva, Olga A ^c   Pereshkolnik, Solomon L ^d   Rosenberg, Susan ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d Moscow Zoo   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE; REPTILE; TICK;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYALOMMA AEGYPTIUM; INFESTATION; IXODES; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TURTLE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RUSSIA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; TURTLES;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; HYALOMMA AEGYPTIUM; IXODES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO GRAECA;

EID: 0032426325     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284699     Document Type: Article

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