Host-seeking behavior of Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs in relation to environmental parameters in dense-woodland and woodland-grass habitats

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 342-357

  Lane, Robert S ^a   Mun, Jeomhee ^a   Peribáñez, Miguel A ^b   Stubbs, Harrison A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Co infections; Ixodes pacificus; Nymphs; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; HUMIDITY; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; TREE;

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; IXODES; POACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; TREES;

EID: 40949096144     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2007)32[342:HBOIPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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