Patterns of infestation by adult Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) in a mark-recapture study of raccoons (Mammalia: Carnivora) and Virginia opossums (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia) in Tennessee

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-267

  Kollars Jr , Thomas M ^a   Ladine, Troy A ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor variabilis; Host parasite interaction; Opossum; Raccoon

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CARNIVORA; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIMORPHIA; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; INFESTATION; MALE; OPOSSUM; PARASITOLOGY; RACCOON; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; FEMALE; MALE; OPOSSUMS; RACCOONS; SEASONS; TENNESSEE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0033129732     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.3.263     Document Type: Article

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