Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infestation at two rural, seasonal camps in Maine and Vermont

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 442-443

  Lubelczyk, C ^a   Cahill, B K ^a   Hanson, T ^a,b   Turmel, J ^a,c   Lacombe, E ^a   Rand, P W ^a   Elias, S P ^a   Smith Jr , R P ^a  

^a Maine Medical Center Research Institute   (United States)

^b Forest Biology Laboratory   (United States)

^c Vermont Agency of Agriculture Food and Markets   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE INFESTATION; RODENT; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TICK; VIRULENCE; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; CAMPING; CARNIVORA; FLAVIVIRUS; HUMAN; INFESTATION; IXODES; IXODES COOKEI; IXODES MARXI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POWASSAN ENCEPHALITIS; POWASSAN ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; RURAL AREA; SQUIRREL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUSES, TICK-BORNE; ENCEPHALITIS, TICK-BORNE; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING; HUMANS; IXODES; MAINE; MALE; MEPHITIDAE; RURAL POPULATION; SCIURIDAE; SEASONS; TICK INFESTATIONS; VERMONT;

MAINE; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

ACARI; IXODES; IXODES COOKEI; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MEPHITIDAE; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 77953556980     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2170.1     Document Type: Article

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