Spatial distribution of Dermacentor reticulatus and Ixodes ricinus in Hungary: Evidence for change?

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 347-351

  Sreter T ^a   Szell Z ^a   Varga, I ^b  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

^b SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Babesia canis; Dermacentor reticulatus; Geographical distribution; Ixodes ricinus; Prevalence; Red fox; Spatial distribution; Tick borne lymphadenopathy; Tularemia; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

BABESIOSIS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUNGARY; INFESTATION; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; TICK BORNE ENCEPHALITIS;

ACARI; BABESIA CANIS; CANIS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; IXODES RICINUS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 14644392778     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.11.025     Document Type: Article

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