Amblyomma triste Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae): Hosts and seasonality of the vector of Rickettsia parkeri in Uruguay

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 104-109

  Venzal, J M ^a   Estrada Pena A ^b   Castro, O ^a   de Souza, C G ^a   Felix M L ^a   Nava, S ^c   Guglielmone, A A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amblyomma triste; Hosts; Rickettsia parkeri; Seasonality; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREVALENCE; RAT; RICKETTSIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; TICK BITE; URUGUAY;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; CATTLE; DOGS; FEMALE; GOATS; HORSES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; LIONS; MALE; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TIME FACTORS; URUGUAY;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA TRISTE; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DIMIDIATA; OXYMYCTERUS NASUTUS; RICKETTSIA PARKERI; RODENTIA; SCAPTEROMYS TUMIDUS; SIGMODONTINAE;

EID: 45549101747     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.04.017     Document Type: Article

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