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Accelerated phenology of blacklegged ticks under climate warming

The phenology of tick emergence has important implications for the transmission of tick-borne pathogens. A long lag between the emergence of tick nymphs in spring and larvae in summer should increase transmission of persistent pathogens by allowing infected nymphs to inoculate the population of naiv...

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Published in:Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci
Main Authors: Levi, Taal, Keesing, Felicia, Oggenfuss, Kelly, Ostfeld, Richard S.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: The Royal Society 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4342961/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25688016
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0556
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