Evaluating the submission of digital images as a method of surveillance for Ixodes scapularis ticks

Parasitology

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 877-883

  Koffi, J K ^a   Savage, J ^b   Thivierge, K ^c   Lindsay, L R ^d   Bouchard, C ^d   Pelcat, Y ^d   Ogden, N H ^d  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b BISHOP'S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dermacentor spp; electronic platform; Ixodes cookei; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; surveillance; tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOMMA AMERICANUM; ARTICLE; CANADA; DERMACENTOR VARIABILIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; IXODES; IXODES COOKEI; IXODES MURIS; IXODES SCAPULARIS; LYME DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TICK BORNE DISEASE; VETERINARY CLINIC; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; NYMPH; PARASITOLOGY; PET ANIMAL; QUEBEC; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; IXODES; LARVA; NYMPH; PETS; PHOTOGRAPHY; QUEBEC;

EID: 85016252123     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182017000117     Document Type: Article

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