A State-by-State Survey of Ticks Recorded from Humans in the United States

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 102-113

  Merten, Heather A ^a   Durden, Lance A ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Human parasitism; Ticks; United States

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMACENTOR; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; IXODES; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DERMACENTOR; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; IXODES; TICKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034199086     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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