New records of amblyomma multipunctum and amblyomma naponense from ecuador, with description of a. multipunctum nymph

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 973-977

  Labruna, Marcelo B ^a   Martins, Thiago F ^a   Nunes, Pablo H ^a,b   Costa, Francisco B ^a   Portero, Francisco ^a,c   Venzal, Jose M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c ESCUELA SUPERIOR POLITÉCNICA DE CHIMBORAZO   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

GENETIC VARIATION; MONTANE FOREST; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW RECORD; POLYMORPHISM; TICK; UPLAND REGION;

AMBLYOMMA; AMBLYOMMA MULTIPUNCTUM; AMBLYOMMA NAPONENSE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MORPHOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NYMPH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ECUADOR;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; ECUADOR; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IXODIDAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NYMPH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TREES;

EID: 84891131822     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/13-254.1     Document Type: Article

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