Biology and ecology of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; EGG LAYING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; REVIEW; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RISK FACTOR; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; IXODIDA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICKETTSIA CONORII; RICKETTSIA RICKETTSII;

EID: 77950674814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-26     Document Type: Review

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