Infestation of Peromyscus leucopus and Tamias striatus by Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in relation to the abundance of hosts and parasites

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 749-757

  Schmidt, K A ^a   Ostfeld, R S ^a   Schauber, E M ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; Peromyscus leucopus; Tamias striatus; Vertebrate hosts

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; BORRELIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETINAE; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; SPIROCHAETALES; TAMIAS STRIATUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS'; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IXODES; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; NEW YORK; PEROMYSCUS; POPULATION DENSITY; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 0033220302     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/36.6.749     Document Type: Article

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