Preferences of different tick species for human hosts in Turkey

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-355

  Kar, S ^a   Dervis, E ^b   Akin A ^b   Ergonul, O ^c   Gargili, A ^d,e,f  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b I General Surgery Clinic   (Turkey)

^c KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^f University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Body site; Host age; Human; Tick

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HOMINID; HOST PREFERENCE; HOST USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TICK;

ISTANBUL [ISTANBUL (PRV)]; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

DERMACENTOR; DERMACENTOR MARGINATUS; HAEMAPHYSALIS; HYALOMMA; HYALOMMA AEGYPTIUM; HYALOMMA ANATOLICUM EXCAVATUM; HYALOMMA MARGINATUM; IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; RHIPICEPHALUS; RHIPICEPHALUS BURSA; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TICK; TICK INFESTATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LARVA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYMPH; ODDS RATIO; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TICK INFESTATIONS; TICKS; TURKEY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884701189     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-013-9698-2     Document Type: Article

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