What attracts larval Ixodes hirsti (Acari: Ixodidae) to their host?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 623-628

  Oorebeek, Margot ^a   Sharrad, Robert ^a   Kleindorfer, Sonia ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMIDITY; IXODES; LARVAL STAGE; LIFESPAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; DARKNESS; HEAT; LARVA; ODOR; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ACARI; IXODES HIRSTI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; DARKNESS; HOT TEMPERATURE; IXODES; LARVA; ODORS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 63849308884     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-008-1238-3     Document Type: Article

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