The natural hosts of larvae and nymphs of Amblyomma tigrinum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 124-132

  Nava, S ^a   Mangold, A J ^a   Guglielmone, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amblyomma tigrinum; Birds; Hosts; Larvae; Nymphs; Rodents

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

AKODON DOLORES; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA TIGRINUM; ARGENTINA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRICETIDAE; DNA SEQUENCE; GALEA MUSTELOIDES; GENBANK; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LARVA; MURIDAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITISM; RODENT; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IXODIDAE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ACARI; AKODON DOLORES; AMBLYOMMA TIGRINUM; AVES; CANIDAE; CAVIIDAE; CRICETIDAE; GALEA MUSTELOIDES; GRAOMYS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RODENTIA; SIGMODONTINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33746573887     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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