Diel and seasonal activity and trapping of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Northern Virginia, USA

Systematic and Applied Acarology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-111

  Orr, John M ^a   Smith, Joshua D ^a   Zawada, Sonya G ^b   Arias, Jorge R ^a  

^a Fairfax County Health Department   (United States)

^b Fairfax County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Amblyomma americanum; Dermacentor variabilis; Ixodes scapularis; Ticks; Trapping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881082296     PISSN: 13621971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11158/saa.18.2.1     Document Type: Article

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