Notes on population dynamics of amblyomma ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Brazil

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1016-1018

  Labruna, M B ^a   Terassini, F A ^a,b   Camargo, L M A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b São Lucas Faculty   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DATA ACQUISITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TICK;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRD; BRAZIL; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; SEASONAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPRING; TICK; WINTER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; TICK INFESTATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA LONGIROSTRE; AMBLYOMMA PARVUM; AVES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; BRAZIL; IXODIDAE; LARVA; NYMPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 73949098086     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1878.1     Document Type: Article

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