New records of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Minnesota

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-157

  Sanders, Kay D ^a   Guilfoile, Patrick G ^a  

^a BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; Minnesota

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFESTATION; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; TICK BORNE DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DEER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MINNESOTA; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

EID: 0034577645     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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