Improving the removal of intact ticks [1]

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-

  Lanschuetzer, Christoph M ^a   Wieser, Manfred ^a   Laimer, Martin ^a   Emberger, Michael ^a   Hintner, Helmut ^a  

^a St Johanns Spital   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; GASOLINE; OLIVE OIL; PETROLATUM; PETROLEUM; VINEGAR;

BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA INFECTION; CRYOTHERAPY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; IXODES; LETTER; SKIN; TICK;

ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344687198     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2004.00022.x     Document Type: Letter

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