Biology of Ticks

Infectious Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-215

  Anderson, John F ^a   Magnarelli, Louis A ^a  

^a The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

BIOLOGY; BLOOD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECTOPARASITE; FEEDING; FLUID BALANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; INGESTION; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TICK; TROPICS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; PHEROMONES; TICKS;

EID: 42949105435     PISSN: 08915520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.idc.2007.12.006     Document Type: Review

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