Ticks associated with wild mammals in Ghana

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-219

  Ntiamoa Baidu, Y ^a,d   Carr Saunders, C ^b   Matthews, B E ^b   Preston, P M ^b   Walker, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d World Wildlife Fund Schweiz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST RANGE; HOST SPECIFICITY; MAMMAL; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GHANA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MAMMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; TICK;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENT; GHANA; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MAMMALS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; TICKS;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

ACARI; ARTIODACTYLA; BOVIDAE; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 20444473483     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BER2004352     Document Type: Article

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