Blood-feeding of Tunga penetrans males

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 439-441

  Witt, L H ^a   Linardi, P M ^b   Meckes, O ^c   Schwalfenberg, S ^a   Ribeiro, R A ^d   Feldmeier, H ^a   Heukelbach, J ^d,e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c Eye of Science   (Germany)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^e Fundacao Mandacaru   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood feeding; Brazil; Capillary feeding; Flea bites; Human ectoparasitosis; Jigger; Male flea; Neosomy; Rat; Siphonaptera; Tunga penetrans; Tungiasis

Indexed keywords

FLEA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLEA; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLEAS; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); TUNGA; TUNGA PENETRANS;

EID: 11144260999     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0269-283X.2004.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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