Acarine ectoparasites of Panti Forest Reserve in Johore, Malaysia

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-5

  Mariana, A ^a   Mohd Kulaimi, B ^a   Halimaton, I ^a   Suhaili, Z A ^a   Shahrul Anuar, M S ^b   Nor Zalipah, M ^c   Ho, T M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Acarine ectoparasites; Avifauna; Chigger; Infestation rate; Ixodes granulatus; Laelaps nuttalli; Leptotrombidium deliense; Malaysia; Mesostigmatid mite; Panti Forest Reserve; Public health risk; Rodent; Tick

Indexed keywords

ACARINE ECTOPARASITE; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; ECTOPARASITE; FEMALE; FOREST; MALAYSIA; MALE; MITE INFESTATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RODENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; VEGETATION; ACARI; ANIMAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MAMMAL; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACARI; ANIMALS; BIRDS; FEMALE; FORESTS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MAMMALS; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 79953848052     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60057-9     Document Type: Article

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