First report on tick-borne pathogens and exoskeletal anomalies in ixodes persulcatus schulze (acari: Ixodidae) collected in kokkola coastal region, Finland

International Journal of Acarology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 253-258

  Alekseev, Andrey N ^a   Dubinina, Helen V ^a   Jääskeläinen, Anu E ^b   Vapalahti, Olli ^b   Vaheri, Antti ^b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acari; Babesia; Borrelia; Ehrlichia; Exoskeletal anomalies; Finland; Ixodes persulcatus Schulze; Ixodidae; Tick borne encephalitis virus

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BABESIA; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA; BORRELIA AFZELII; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; BORRELIA GARINII; EHRLICHIA; EHRLICHIA MURIS; IXODES; IXODES PERSULCATUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; TICK-BORNE ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS;

EID: 34548406466     PISSN: 01647954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01647950708684530     Document Type: Article

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