Fleas (Siphonaptera) collected from small mammals in southern Viet Nam in 1997-1998

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 210-213

  Adler, Gregory H ^a   Suntsova, Nina I ^a,b   Suntsov, Victor V ^a,b   Mangan, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Fleas; Small mammals; Tropical forests; Viet Nam

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FLEA; INFESTATION; MAMMAL; PARASITOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE; VIET NAM;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FLEAS; MAMMALS; RODENT DISEASES; VIETNAM;

EID: 0035291743     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.210     Document Type: Article

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