Ecological Analysis of Acari Recovered from Coprolites from Archaeological Site of Northeast Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 98, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 181-190

  De Candanedo Guerra, Rita De Maria Seabra Nogueira ^a   Gazêta, Gilberto Salles ^b   Amorim, Marinete ^b   Duarte, Antonio Nascimento ^b   Serra Freire, Nicolau Maués ^b  

^a Departamento de Patologia   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coprolite; Mite; Northeast Brazil; Paleoparasitology

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACARIDAE; AMBLYOMMA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; BRAZIL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IXODES; LARVA; MITE; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEONTOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTATION; TICK; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; FOSSIL; MALE;

ACARI; ACARIDAE; AMBLYOMMA; ANIMALIA; ASTIGMATA; BLOMIA TROPICALIS; GAMASIDA; GLYCYPHAGIDAE; HISTIOSTOMATIDAE; IXODES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; ORIBATIDA; PYROGLYPHIDAE; SUIDASIA; TARSONEMIDAE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; FOSSILS; HUMANS; MALE; MITES; TICKS;

EID: 0041969865     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02762003000900027     Document Type: Article

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