Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) associated with wild animals in the Pantanal region of Brazil

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 979-983

  De Campos Pereira, Marcelo ^a   Szabó, Matias Pablo Juan ^b   Bechara, Gervasio Henrique ^b   Matushima, Eliana Reiko ^a   Duarte, José Maurício Barbanti ^b   Rechav, Yigal ^c   Fielden, Laura ^d   Keirans, James E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d TRUMAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Pantanal region; Ticks; Wild animals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DEER; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BRAZIL; DEER; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS;

EID: 0034323132     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-37.6.979     Document Type: Article

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