Ixodes ricinus ticks removed from humans in Northern Europe: seasonal pattern of infestation, attachment sites and duration of feeding

BACKGROUND: The common tick Ixodes ricinus is the main vector in Europe of the tick-borne encephalitis virus and of several species of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex, which are the etiological agents of Lyme borreliosis. The risk to contract bites of I. ricinus is dependent on many fact...

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Autores principales: Wilhelmsson, Peter, Lindblom, Pontus, Fryland, Linda, Nyman, Dag, Jaenson, Thomas GT, Forsberg, Pia, Lindgren, Per-Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3880168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24360096
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-6-362

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