Ticks on humans in Ankara, Turkey

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-91

  Karaer, Zafer ^a   Guven, Esin ^b   Nalbantoglu, Serpil ^a   Kar, Sirri ^c   Orkun, Omer ^a   Ekdal, Kemal ^a   Kocak, Asiye ^a   Akcay, Aytac ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ankara; Humans; Ixodid; Tick bite; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HOMINID; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONALITY; TAXONOMY; TICK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; TICK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; TICKS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

ARGASIDAE; DERMACENTOR; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HYALOMMA; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 79953315347     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-010-9417-1     Document Type: Article

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