Attachment sites of four tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing humans in Georgia and South Carolina

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 361-364

  Felz, Michael W ^a   Durden, Lance A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma americanum; Amblyomma maculatum; Dermacentor variabilis; Ixodes scapularis; Tick attachment

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; SPIROCHAETALES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CLASSIFICATION; DERMACENTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IXODES; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; DERMACENTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; IXODES; MALE; SOUTH CAROLINA; TICKS;

EID: 0033127907     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.3.361     Document Type: Article

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