The hard-tick fauna of mainland Portugal (Acari: Ixodidae): An update on geographical distribution and known associations with hosts and pathogens

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-121

  Santos Silva, M M ^a   Beati, L ^b   Santos, A S ^a   De Sousa, R ^a   Nuncio M S ^a   Melo, P ^c   Santos Reis, M ^d   Fonseca, C ^e   Formosinho, P ^f   Vilela, C ^g   Bacellar, F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Vetnatura   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^f Instituição Privada   (Portugal)

^g FACULDADE DE MEDICINA VETERINÁRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Distribution; Hosts; Pathogens; Portugal; Ticks

Indexed keywords

FAUNISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; SPECIES INVENTORY; TAXONOMY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MALE; PARASITE VECTOR; PORTUGAL; TICK;

ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; PORTUGAL;

PORTUGAL;

ACARI; BOOPHILUS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS INERMIS; HAEMAPHYSALIS PUNCTATA; HYALOMMA LUSITANICUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES; IXODES ACUMINATUS; IXODES CANISUGA; IXODES FRONTALIS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODES SIMPLEX; IXODES VESPERTILIONIS; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS ANNULATUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS PUSILLUS; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS;

EID: 79961027001     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-011-9440-x     Document Type: Article

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