Wild carnivores (Mammalia) as hosts for ticks (ixodida) in Panama

Systematic and Applied Acarology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 13-19

  Bermúdez C , Sergio E C ^a   Esser, Helen J ^b,c   Roberto Miranda, C ^a   Moreno, Ricardo S ^d  

^a Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Sociedad Panameña de Biología ^*  (Panama)

Author keywords

Environments; Panama; Ticks; Ticks host associations; Wild carnivores

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953712834     PISSN: 13621971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11158/saa.20.1.2     Document Type: Article

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