Host usage and seasonal activity patterns of Ixodes kingi and I. sculptus (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs in a Colorado prairie landscape, with a summary of published North American host records for all life stages

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 168-180

  Salkeld, Daniel J ^a,b   Eisen, Rebecca J ^c   Antolin, Michael F ^d   Stapp, Paul ^a   Eisen, Lars ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IUCN The World Conservation Union   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Host records; Ixodes kingi; Ixodes sculptus; Rodents; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; GOAT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IXODES; LAGOMORPH; NORTH AMERICA; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; SEASON;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORA; GOATS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; IXODES; LAGOMORPHA; NORTH AMERICA; NYMPH; RODENTIA; SEASONS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; COXIELLA BURNETII; CRICETIDAE; CYNOMYS; DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS ORDII; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HETEROMYIDAE; IXODES; IXODES KINGI; IXODES SCULPTUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; LAGOMORPHA; MURIDAE; ONYCHOMYS; ONYCHOMYS LEUCOGASTER; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS TRIDECEMLINEATUS;

EID: 33748062944     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2006)31[168:HUASAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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