The western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus, in the Sutter Buttes

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-174

  Wright, Stan A ^a   Lemenager, Debra A ^b   McBride, Ronald L ^b   Brown, David A ^a  

^a Sacramento Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District   (United States)

^b Sutter Yuba Mosquito Vector Contr   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes pacificus; Lizards; Sutter Buttes

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BORRELIA; CERVIDAE; ELGARIA; ELGARIA MULTICARINATA; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS GRACIOSUS; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SPIROCHAETALES; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LARVA; LIZARD; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CALIFORNIA; LARVA; LIZARDS; TICKS;

EID: 2142656054     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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