Behavior of Nymphs and Adults of the Black-Legged Tick Ixodes scapularis and the Lone Star Tick Ambylomma americanum in Response to Thermal Stimuli

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Ticks use heat emitted by warm-blooded animals to orient to potential hosts for blood-feeding. Here we study the behavior of two species, the black-legged tick and the lone star tick, to sources of heat emissions representative of a human host. First, we offered a heat source to fema...

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Autores principales: Otálora-Luna, Fernando, Dickens, Joseph C., Brinkerhoff, Jory, Li, Andrew Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8876853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206704
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13020130

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8876853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35206704
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13020130

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