The distribution and ecological 'preferences' of the tick Amblyomma cajennense (Acari: Ixodidae), an ectoparasite of humans and other mammals in the Americas

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 283-292

  Estrada Pena A ^a   Guglielmone, A A ^b   Mangold, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; HUMIDITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE CYCLE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAMMAL; MEDICAL RECORD; MEXICO; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TICK; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY; VEGETATION; VENEZUELA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; TEMPERATURE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2342547778     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225003316     Document Type: Article

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