Ticks associated to infectious pathologies in Portugal;Carraças associadas a patologias infecciosas em Portugal

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-48

  Silva, Ma Margarida ^a   Santos, A Sofia ^a   Formosinho, Perpétua ^a   Bacellar, Fátima ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Portugal; Public Health; Tick borne pathogens; Ticks

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ECOSYSTEM; INFECTION; PARASITE VECTOR; PORTUGAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE VECTORS; HUMANS; PORTUGAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICKS;

EID: 33646851267     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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