A review of the North American species of Oropsylla Wagner and Ioff, 1926 (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae: Ceratophyllinae)

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 184-206

  Lewis, Robert E ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Oropsylla; Plague; Vector relationships

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FLEA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENICITY; PLAGUE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CLASSIFICATION; FLEAS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; PLAGUE;

EID: 0036987483     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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