New Records and Laboratory-Rearing Data for Ixodes schulzei (Acari: Ixodidae) in Brazil

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 116-118

  Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Da Silva, Mônica Junko N ^a,b   De Oliveira, Maria De Fátima ^a,b   Barros battesti, Darci M ^a,c   Keirans, James E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UMC   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^d GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Ixodes schulzei; Laboratory rearing; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CALOMYS CALLOSUS; IXODES; IXODES SCHULZEI; IXODIDAE; NECTOMYS SQUAMIPES; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SCAPTEROMYS AQUATICUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BRAZIL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; IXODES; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; RATS;

EID: 0037271101     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.1.116     Document Type: Article

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