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How ticks get under your skin: insertion mechanics of the feeding apparatus of Ixodes ricinus ticks

The tick Ixodes ricinus uses its mouthparts to penetrate the skin of its host and to remain attached for about a week, during which time Lyme disease spirochaetes may pass from the tick to the host. To understand how the tick achieves both tasks, penetration and attachment, with the same set of impl...

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Auteurs principaux: Richter, Dania, Matuschka, Franz-Rainer, Spielman, Andrew, Mahadevan, L.
Format: Artigo
Langue:Inglês
Publié: The Royal Society 2013
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Accès en ligne:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3826218/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24174106
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1758
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