Description of a New Argasid tick (Acari: Ixodida) from Bat Caves in Brazilian Amazon

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1089-1101

  Nava, Santiago ^a   Venzal, Jose M ^a,b   Terassini, Flavio A ^a,c,d   Mangold, Atilio J ^a   Camargo, Luis Marcelo A ^a,c,d   Labruna, Marcelo B ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Faculdade Sao Lucas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S;

ADULT; BAT; CELL ORGANELLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; TICK;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAZIL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTHOASPIS AMAZONIENSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARGASIDAE; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MICE; MICE, HAIRLESS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TICK INFESTATIONS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL;

ACARI; ARGASIDAE; IXODIDA; SCUTUM;

EID: 78650462614     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2539.1     Document Type: Article

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