The generalist tick Ixodes ricinus and the specialist tick Ixodes trianguliceps on shrews and rodents in a northern forest ecosystem– a role of body size even among small hosts

BACKGROUND: Understanding aggregation of ticks on hosts and attachment of life stages to different host species, are central components for understanding tick-borne disease epidemiology. The generalist tick, Ixodes ricinus, is a well-known vector of Lyme borrelioses, while the specialist tick, Ixode...

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Autores principales: Mysterud, Atle, Byrkjeland, Ragna, Qviller, Lars, Viljugrein, Hildegunn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26671686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1258-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681159/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26671686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1258-7

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