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Taxonomy, host associations, life cycles and vectorial importance of ticks parasitizing small mammals

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Durden, L.A. (2006). Taxonomy, host associations, life cycles and vectorial importance of ticks parasitizing small mammals. In: Morand, S., Krasnov, B.R., Poulin, R. (eds) Micromammals and Macroparasites. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-36025-4_6

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