Ticks in Australia

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 83-89

  Storer, Emma ^a,b   Sheridan, Adam T ^a   Warren, Lachlan ^a   Wayte, Jeffrey ^a  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extraction method; Ixodes holocyclus; Lyme disease; Q fever; Queensland tick typhus; Tick paralysis; Tick borne disease

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; EXTRACTION; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TICK; TICK BITE; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BITES AND STINGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; Q FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TICK CONTROL; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

EID: 0038693658     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2003.00651.x     Document Type: Review

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