Acari Ectoparasites of Bats from Minas Gerais, Brazil

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 553-555

  Azevedo, Alexsander Araújo ^a   Linardi, Pedro Marcos ^a   Coutinho, Maria Teresa Zanatta ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acari; Chiggers; Chiroptera; Ectoparasites; Host parasite relationships; Mites

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTIBEUS; ARTIBEUS LITURATUS; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; CHIROPTERA; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; MACRONYSSIDAE; MYOBIIDAE; SPINTURNICIDAE; TROMBICULIDAE; TUNGA PENETRANS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; INFESTATION; MITE; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; MITE INFESTATIONS; MITES;

EID: 0036582295     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-39.3.553     Document Type: Article

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