Evaluation of ticks biting humans in thrace province, Turkey;Trakya i̇llerinde i̇nsanlari tutan kenelerin deǧerlendirilemesi

Kafkas Universitesi Veteriner Fakultesi Dergisi

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. A, 2010, Pages

  Gargili, Ayşen ^a   Kar, Sirri ^b   Yilmazer, Nadim ^b   Cerit, Çiǧdem ^c   Sönmez, Gülden ^c   Şahin, Fikret ^c   Günseli Alp, Hatice ^d   Vatansever, Zati ^e  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c Bulaşici Hastaliklar Bulaşici ^*  (Turkey)

^d Pendik Veteriner Kontrol ve Arastirma Enstitusu   (Turkey)

^e KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Human; Thrace; Tick; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARGAS; DERMACENTOR; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA AEGYPTIUM; IXODES; IXODIDA; ORNITHODOROS; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 77956653171     PISSN: 13006045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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