Survival rates of immature ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks estimated using field-placed enclosures

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-49

  Nieto, Nathan C ^a   Holmes, Elizabeth A ^a   Foley, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Survival curves

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IXODES; SEASON; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; IXODES; SEASONS; TICK-BORNE DISEASES;

ACARI; ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ANIMALIA; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; IXODES; IXODES PACIFICUS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 77952043681     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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