Ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) infesting humans in Northwestern Cordoba Province, Argentina

Medicina

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-228

  Nava, Santiago ^a   Caparrós, José A ^b   Mangold, Atilio J ^a   Guglielmone, Alberto A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^b Instituto Nacional de Tecnología   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argasidae; Argentina; C rdoba; Humans; Ixodidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ARGENTINA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HUMAN; INFESTATION; LARVA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYTOGEOGRAPHY; SUMMER; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARGASIDAE; ARGENTINA; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 33746107301     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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