A method for testing the host specificity of ectoparasites: Give them the opportunity to choose

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 761-764

  Esbérard, Carlos E L ^a   Martins Hatano, Fernanda ^a   Bittencourt, Emerson B ^b   Bossi, David E P ^c   Fontes, Angélica ^a   Lareschi, Marcela ^d   Menezes, Vanderlaine ^a   Bergallo, Helena G ^a   Gettinger, Donald ^e  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis IBAMA   (Brazil)

^d Centro de Estudos Parasitológicos Y de Vetores   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectoparasites; Experiments; Host specificity; Neotropics; Small mammals

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 31544480902     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762005000700015     Document Type: Article

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