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Neosomes of tungid fleas on wild and domestic animals
Tunga is the most specialized genus among the Siphonaptera because adult females penetrate into the skin of their hosts and, after mating and fertilization, undergo hypertrophy, forming an enlarged structure known as the neosome. In humans and other warm-blooded animals, neosomes cause tungiasis, wh...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172993/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25141814 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00436-014-4081-8 |