Exotic ticks introduced into the United States on imported reptiles from 1962 to 2001 and their potential roles in international dissemination of diseases

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 113, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 289-320

  Burridge, M J ^a   Simmons, L A ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma spp.; Aponomma spp.; Dissemination; Exotic ticks; Heartwater; Hyalomma aegyptium; Imported reptiles; United States

Indexed keywords

CYFLUTHRIN; PERMETHRIN; PROVENT-A-MITE;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CHABAUDI RAGEAU; AMBLYOMMA CLYPEOLATUM NEUMANN; AMBLYOMMA DISSIMILE KOCH; AMBLYOMMA FALSOMARMOREUM TONELLI RONDELLI; AMBLYOMMA GEOEMYDAE; AMBLYOMMA HELVOLUM KOCH; AMBLYOMMA HUMERALE KOCH; AMBLYOMMA MARMOREUM KOCH; AMBLYOMMA MORELIAE; AMBLYOMMA NITTALLI DONITZ; AMBLYOMMA QUADRICAVUM; AMBLYOMMA ROTUNDATUM KOCH; AMBLYOMMA SABENERAE STOLL; AMBLYOMMA SCUTATUM NEUMANN; AMBLYOMMA SPARSUM NEUMANN; AMBLYOMMA SYLVATICUM; AMBLYOMMA VARIEGATUM FABRICIUS; ANIMAL HEALTH; APONOMA CRASSIPES NEUMANN; APONOMA EXORNATUM; APONOMA FIMBRIATUM; APONOMA FLAVOMACULATUM; APONOMA FUSCOLINEATUM; APONOMA HYDROSAURI; APONOMA KOMODOENSE OUDEMANS; APONOMA LATUM; APONOMA TRANSVERSALE; APONOMA TRIMACULATUM; APONOMA VARANENSE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EXOTIC SPECIES; GENUS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEARTWATER DISEASE; HOST; HYALOMMA AEGYPTIUM; INFESTATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITOSIS; REPTILE; RICKETTSIOSIS; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; APONOMMA; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA AEGYPTIUM; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037406554     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00060-8     Document Type: Article

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