Additional U.S. collections of the Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum (Acari: Ixodidae), from the state of delaware, the first reported field collections of adult specimens from the state of Maryland, and data regarding this tick from surveillance of migratory songbirds in Maryland

Systematic and Applied Acarology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 257-262

  Florin, David A ^a   Jory Brinkerhoff, R ^b,c   Gaff, Holly ^c,d   Jiang, Ju ^e   Robbins, Richard G ^f   Eickmeyer, William ^a   Butler, James ^g   Nielsen, David ^g   Wright, Chelsea ^d   White, Alexis ^d   Gimpel, Maren E ^h   Richards, Allen L ^a,e  

^a Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f U S ARMY   (United States)

^g US Army Public Health Command Region North   (United States)

^h WASHINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyomma maculatum; Delaware; Maryland; Rickettsia parkeri; U.S.A

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907197366     PISSN: 13621971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11158/saa.19.3.1     Document Type: Article

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