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Liquid water intake of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum: Implications for tick survival and management

Ixodid ticks are ectoparasites that feed exclusively on blood as their source of nutrients. Although ticks spend most of their life off the host, until now it has been assumed that the blood and the water vapor are the only sources of water to maintain water balance and prevent desiccation. Here we...

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Autores principales: Maldonado-Ruiz, L. Paulina, Park, Yoonseong, Zurek, Ludek
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7138852/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32265527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-63004-9