Hemoparasites and fleas of shrews and rodents from Alaska

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 255-257

  Laakkonen, Juha ^a   Henttonen, Heikki ^a   Hastriter, Michael W ^a   Niemimaa, Jukka ^a   Jarrell, Gordon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Ectoparasites; Hematozoa; Rodents; Shrews

Indexed keywords

AMALARAEUS DISSIMILIS; BARTONELLA; CLETHRIONOMYS RUTILUS; CORRODOPSYLLA CURVATA; HEPATOZOON; MICROTUS MIURUS; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; PEROMYSCOPSYLLA OSTSIBIRICA; SOREX CINEREUS; SOREX HOYI; SOREX MONTICOLUS; SOREX TUNDRENSIS; SOREX UGYUNAK; SYNAPTOMYS BOREALIS; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0036752494     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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