Ectoparasites of road-killed vertebrates in northwestern South Carolina, USA

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 313-322

  Nelder, Mark P ^a   Reeves, Will K ^a,b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ectoparasitic arthropods; Surveillance; Vector; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTICLE; CERATOPOGONIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOCEPHALIDES; ECTOPARASITE; FLEA; FLY; HOST; LOUSE; MALLOPHAGA; MAMMAL; MITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; SAMPLING; SCREENING; SPECIES; TICK; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRATE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 17444420747     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.02.029     Document Type: Article

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