A tick from a prehistoric Arizona coprolite

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 296-298

  Johnson, Keith L ^a   Reinhard, Karl J ^b   Sianto, Luciana ^c   Araújo, Adauto ^c   Gardner, Scott L ^d   Janovy Jr , John ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CAVE DEPOSIT; COPROLITE; ECTOPARASITE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PREHISTORIC; TICK;

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; DERMACENTOR; FRANCISELLA TULARENSIS; HUMAN; MICROFOSSIL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PREHISTORIC PERIOD; TICK; TICK BITE; TULAREMIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ARIZONA; DERMACENTOR; DIET; FECES; FOSSILS; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

IXODIDA;

EID: 40949152038     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1059.1     Document Type: Article

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