Evaluation of 4-poster acaricide applicators to manage tick populations associated with disease risk in a Tennessee retirement community

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 404-410

  Harmon, Jessica R ^a   Hickling, Graham J ^a   Scott, M Cathy ^a   Jones, Carl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

4 poster; Amblyomma americanum; Ehrlichiosis; Lone star tick; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ACARICIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NYMPH; PARASITE VECTOR; RETIREMENT; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED STATES;

ACARICIDES; ANIMALS; ARACHNID VECTORS; DEER; EHRLICHIOSIS; HUMANS; NYMPH; RETIREMENT; TENNESSEE; TICK CONTROL; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 82655184808     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2011.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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