Ticks and the city: Ectoparasites of the Northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus) in an urban park

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-234

  Földvári, Gábor ^a   Rigó, Krisztina ^a   Jablonszky, Mónika ^a   Biró, Nóra ^a   Majoros, Gábor ^a   Molnár, Viktor ^a,b   Tóth, Mária ^c  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Erinaceus roumanicus; Fleas; Hyalomma marginatum; Ixodes acuminatus; Ticks; Urban hedgehogs

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOPSYLLA ERINACEI; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CTENOCEPHALIDES; ECTOPARASITE; ERINACEUS ROUMANICUS; FLEA; FLEA INFESTATION; HEDGEHOG; HUNGARY; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES ACUMINATUS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; NONHUMAN; NYMPH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; FLEA INFESTATIONS; HEDGEHOGS; HUMANS; HUNGARY; IXODES; IXODIDAE; LARVA; NYMPH; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIPHONAPTERA; TICK INFESTATIONS; URBAN POPULATION;

ARCHAEOPSYLLA ERINACEI; CTENOCEPHALIDES CANIS; ERINACEIDAE; ERINACEUS CONCOLOR; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES; IXODES ACUMINATUS; IXODES HEXAGONUS; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; SILLAGO SIHAMA; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 81855183230     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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