Ixodid ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting humans in Tokat Province of Turkey: Species diversity and seasonal activity

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 180-186

  Bursali, Ahmet ^a   Tekin, Saban ^a   Orhan, Mehmet ^a   Keskin, Adem ^a   Ozkan, Muhlis ^b  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fauna; Human; Ixodidae; Tick; Tokat; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; SEASON; TICK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; SEASONS; TURKEY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BOOPHILUS; CRIMEAN-CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER VIRUS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA AEGYPTIUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA;

EID: 77952023064     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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