Identification of Ixodes ricinus blood meals using an automated protocol with high resolution melting analysis (HRMA) reveals the importance of domestic dogs as larval tick hosts in Italian alpine forests

BACKGROUND: In Europe, Ixodes ricinus L. is the main vector of a variety of zoonotic pathogens, acquired through blood meals taken once per stage from a vertebrate host. Defining the main tick hosts in a given area is important for planning public health interventions; however, until recently, no ro...

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Autores principales: Collini, Margherita, Albonico, Francesca, Rosà, Roberto, Tagliapietra, Valentina, Arnoldi, Daniele, Conterno, Lorenza, Rossi, Chiara, Mortarino, Michele, Rizzoli, Annapaola, Hauffe, Heidi Christine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5154095/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27955678
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1901-y

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