Notes on responses of blacklegged ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) to host urine

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 212-215

  Carroll, J F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ixodes scapularis; White footed mice; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; URINE;

ANIMALS; DEER; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; IXODES; MALE; PEROMYSCUS;

EID: 0033090698     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.2.212     Document Type: Article

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