Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) infesting humans in the provinces of Kelkit Valley, a Crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever endemic region in Turkey

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 507-515

  Bursali, Ahmet ^a   Keskin, Adem ^a   Tekin, Saban ^a  

^a GAZIOSMANPASA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Human; Kelkit Valley; Ticks; Turkey

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECTOPARASITE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HEMOPHAGY; PATHOGENICITY; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CRIMEAN CONGO HEMORRHAGIC FEVER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IXODIDAE; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; TICK INFESTATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, CRIMEAN; HUMANS; IXODIDAE; MALE; TICK INFESTATIONS; TURKEY;

TURKEY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARGAS; DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR RETICULATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HYALOMMA; IXODES; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS;

EID: 84874568502     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-012-9608-z     Document Type: Article

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