Seasonal activity of Amblyomma spp. in Mississippi

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 157-158

  Goddard, Jerome ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TICK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MISSISSIPPI; SEASONS; TICKS;

EID: 34848828566     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[157:SAOASI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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