The ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae, Ixodidae) of Paraguay

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-270

  Nava, S ^a   Lareschi, M ^b   Rebollo, C ^c   Benitez Usher C ^d   Beati, L ^e   Robbins, R G ^f   Durden, L A ^f   Mangold, A J ^a   Guglielmone, A A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS PARASITOLÓGICOS Y DE VECTORES CEPAVE   (Argentina)

^c Parasitology Department   (Paraguay)

^d Consult pec ^*  (Paraguay)

^e GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR; GEOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PARAGUAY; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; TICK; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA AUREOLATUM; ANIMALIA; ARGAS PERSICUS; ARGASIDAE; DERMACENTOR NITENS; HAEMAPHYSALIS JUXTAKOCHI; IXODES LORICATUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MONACHUS; ORNITHODOROS; ORNITHODOROS CORIACEUS; RHIPICEPHALUS; RICKETTSIA;

ANIMALS; PARAGUAY; TICKS;

EID: 34547773245     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485907X176319     Document Type: Article

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