Dermacentor variabilis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in Panama: Report associated with tourism

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 208-209

  Bermúdez, Sergio E ^a   Miranda, Roberto J ^a   Zaldívar, Yamitzel L ^a   Page, Kathleen ^b  

^a Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Research   (Panama)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DERMACENTOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MALE; PANAMA; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DERMACENTOR; HUMANS; MALE; PANAMA; TRAVEL;

DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE;

EID: 77952055629     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00079.x     Document Type: Article

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