Establishment of Amblyomma maculatum (Gulf Coast Tick) in Arkansas, U.S.A.

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-122

  Trout, R T ^a   Steelman, C D ^a   Szalanski, A L ^a   Loftin, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DISEASE VECTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TICK;

ARKANSAS; UNITED STATES;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MACULATUM; ANIMALIA; EHRLICHIA RUMINANTIUM; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RICKETTSIA PARKERI;

EID: 77950192261     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/024.093.0117     Document Type: Article

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