Human otoacariasis: A retrospective study from an area of Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 489-495

  Dilrukshi, P R M P ^a   Yasawardene, A D K S N ^b   Amerasinghe, P H ^a   Amerasinghe, F P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b Ratnapura General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Amblyomma spp.; Hyalomma spp.; Ixodid ticks; Otoacariasis; Rhipicephalus spp.; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOMMA; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; BOOPHILUS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR INFECTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SRI LANKA; TICK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITE INFESTATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SRI LANKA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS HAEMAPHYSALOIDES; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 3242730579     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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