Severe reaction in domestic animals following the bite of Ixodes muris (Acari: Ixodidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 227-232

  Lacombe, Eleanor H ^a   Rand, Peter W ^a   Smith Jr , Robert P ^a  

^a Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; Inflammatory reaction; Ixodes muris; Tick bite

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; IXODES MURIS; IXODIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; GOAT; IMMUNOLOGY; INFESTATION; IXODES; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GOATS; IXODES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0033129805     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.3.227     Document Type: Article

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