Detection of a questing Hyalomma marginatum marginatum adult female (Acari, Ixodidae) in southern Germany

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 227-231

  Kampen, Helge ^a,f   Poltz, Wolfgang ^b   Hartelt, Kathrin ^c   Wölfel, Roman ^d   Faulde, Michael ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d BUNDESWEHR INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e BUNDESWEHRZENTRALKRANKENHAUS KOBLENZ   (Germany)

^f YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult female; Climate change; Detection report; Hyalomma marginatum marginatum; Import; Southern Germany

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE VECTOR; FEMALE; RURAL AREA; THERMOPHILY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TICK;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; IXODIDAE;

AFRICA; ASIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACARI; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM MARGINATUM; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA AESCHLIMANNII;

EID: 36248974767     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-007-9113-y     Document Type: Article

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