Survey of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and tick-borne pathogens in North Dakota

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1087-1090

  Russart, Nathan M ^a,b   Dougherty, Michael W ^a   Vaughan, Jefferson A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermacentor variabilis; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; North Dakota

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; IXODIDAE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RODENT; RODENT DISEASE; TICK INFESTATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; IXODIDAE; NORTH DAKOTA; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84907334910     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME14053     Document Type: Review

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