Current status of Amblyomma ovale (Acari: Ixodidae) in Panama

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 164-166

  Murgas, Ingrid L ^a   Castro, Angélica M ^a   Bermúdez, Sergio E ^a  

^a Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Research PAN   (Panama)

Author keywords

Amblyomma ovale; Distribution; Ectoparasites; Hosts; Panama

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA OVALE; ARTICLE; BIRD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST RANGE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TICK INFESTATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DEMOGRAPHY; IXODIDAE; LARVA; MAMMALS; NYMPH; PANAMA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ACARI; AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA OVALE; AVES; IXODIDA; IXODIDAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872611539     PISSN: 1877959X     EISSN: 18779603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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