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16 - Soft ticks (Argasidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Mike Service
Mike Service
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Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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Medical Entomology for Students , pp. 226 - 235
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2012

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  • Soft ticks (Argasidae)
  • Mike Service, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
  • Book: Medical Entomology for Students
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139002967.021
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  • Soft ticks (Argasidae)
  • Mike Service, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139002967.021
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  • Soft ticks (Argasidae)
  • Mike Service, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
  • Book: Medical Entomology for Students
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139002967.021
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