Effectiveness of Metarhizium anisopliae (Deuteromycetes) against Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) engorging on Peromyscus leucopus

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 91-101

  Hornbostel, V L ^a   Ostfeld, Richard S ^a   Benjamin, Michael A ^a  

^a CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Entomopathogenic fungus; Lyme disease; Tick control; White footed mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFESTATION; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PEROMYSCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; HYPOCREALES; IXODES; LARVA; LYME DISEASE; PEROMYSCUS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RODENT DISEASES; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CRICETINAE; FUNGI; INSECTA; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 22144431919     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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