Eradication of the tropical bont tick in the Caribbean: Is the Caribbean Amblyomma Program in a crisis?

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 969, Issue , 2002, Pages 297-305

  Pegram, Rupert G ^a,d   Gersabeck, Edward F ^b   Wilson, David ^b   Hansen, Jorgen W ^c  

^a Caribbean Amblyomma Program   (Barbados)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d FAO   (Barbados)

Author keywords

Amblyomma; Caribbean Amblyomma Program; Caribbean islands; Tropical bont ticks

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; TICK; TROPICS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ANIMALIA; ARDEIDAE; LUCIA;

EID: 0036415002     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04396.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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