Study on seasonal activity in dogs and ehrlichial infection in Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806) (Acari: Ixodidae) from southern Uruguay

Parasitologia Latinoamericana

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 23-26

  Venzal, Jose M ^a   Pena, Agustín Estrada ^b   Castro, Oscar ^a   De Souza, Carlos G ^a   Portillo, Aránzazu ^c   Oteo, José Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL SAN PEDRO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Absence of ehrlichial DNA; Dogs; Rhipicephalus sanguineus; Seasonal activity; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

ACARI; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 34948886063     PISSN: 07177704     EISSN: 07177712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0717-77122007000100004     Document Type: Article

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