Spatial and temporal variation in Rhipicephalus appendiculatus size in eastern Zambia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1999, Pages

  Chaka, G ^a,c   Billiouw, M ^a   Geysen, D M ^b   Berkvens, D L ^b  

^a Provincial Veterinary Office   (Zambia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c Provincial Veterinary Office   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Abundance; Distribution; Rhipicephalus appendiculatus; Size variation; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TICK;

BODY SIZE; CONFERENCE PAPER; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK; ZAMBIA;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; SEASONS; TICKS; ZAMBIA;

ZAMBIA;

ACARI; DIPTERA; RHIPICEPHALUS APPENDICULATUS;

EID: 0032888172     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00450.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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