Capybaras and ticks in the urban areas of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Ecological aspects for the epidemiology of tick-borne diseases

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Queirogas, V L ^a   Del Claro, K ^a   Nascimento, A R T ^a   Szabo M P J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amblyomma cajennense; Amblyomma dubitatum; Brazil; Capybara; Tick; Urban area

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOGEN; POPULATION GROWTH; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; TICK; URBAN AREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENT; TICK; TICK BORNE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CITIES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; POPULATION DENSITY; RODENTIA; TICK-BORNE DISEASES; TICKS;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; UBERLANDIA;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA CAJENNENSE; AMBLYOMMA DUBITATUM; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; IXODIDA; RICKETTSIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84859559510     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9533-1     Document Type: Article

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