Brazilian distribution of Amblyomma varium Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae), a common parasite of sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra)

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1141-1146

  Marques, Sandro ^a   Barros Battesti, Darci Moraes ^a   Faccini, João Luiz Horacio ^b,c   Onofrio, Valeria Castilho ^a  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c CNPq   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma varium; Brazilian geographic distribution; Ixodidae; Sloth

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SLOTH; TICK;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IXODIDAE; MALE; SLOTHS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 0036979392     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000800014     Document Type: Article

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