Ticks associated with armadillo (Euphractus sexcinctus) and anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) of Emas National Park, State of Goias, Brazil

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 290-293

  Bechara, Gervásio H ^a   Szabo M P J ^a   Almeida Filho, W V ^a   Bechara, J N ^a   Pereira, R J G ^a   Garcia, J E ^a   Pereira, Marcelo C ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma sp.; Anteaters; Brazil; Euphractus sexcinctus; Myrmecophaga tridactyla; Ticks; Yellow armadillos

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ANTEATER; ARMADILLO; BRAZIL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA NODOSUM; AMBLYOMMA PSEUDOCONCOLOR; AMBLYOMMA TRISTE; ANIMALIA; ARMADILLO; DASYPODIDAE; EUPHRACTUS SEXCINCTUS; MYRMECOPHAGA TRIDACTYLA; MYRMECOPHAGIDAE;

EID: 0036412672     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04394.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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