Human parasitism by the capybara tick, Amblyomma dubitatum (Acari: Ixodidae)

Entomological News

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-80

  Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Pacheco, Richard C ^a   Ataliba, Alexandre C ^a   Szabó, Matias P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acari; Amblyomma dubitatum; Capybara; Capybara tick; Human parasitism; Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris; Ixodidae

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA COOPERI; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 34249906791     PISSN: 0013872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3157/0013-872X(2007)118[77:HPBTCT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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