Indicators for elevated risk of human exposure to host-seeking adults of the Rocky Mountain wood tick (Dermacentor andersoni) in Colorado

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-128

  Eisen, Lars ^a   Ibarra Juarez, Luis A ^b   Eisen, Rebecca J ^c   Piesman, Joseph ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor andersoni; Elk; Microhabitat; Risk indicators; Rocky Mountain National Park

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; DERMACENTOR; ECOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFESTATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; COLORADO; DERMACENTOR; ECOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR ANDERSONI; IXODIDA; RODENTIA;

EID: 54749143593     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3376/1081-1710(2008)33[117:IFEROH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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