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Bloodmeal Size and Spirochete Acquisition of Ornithodoros hermsi (Acari: Argasidae) During Feeding

Ornithodoros hermsi Wheeler (Acari: Argasidae) is the vector of Borrelia hermsii, the primary cause of tick-borne relapsing fever in North America. This tick is one of the smallest Ornithodoros species involved with the biological transmission of spirochetes; yet, the amount of blood ingested while...

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Auteurs principaux: McCoy, Brandi N., Raffel, Sandra J., Lopez, Job E., Schwan, Tom G.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: 2010
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3071302/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21175068
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