Impacts of Deciduous Leaf Litter and Snow Presence on Nymphal Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) Overwintering Survival in Coastal New England, USA

Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis Say) are the vector for pathogens that cause more cases of human disease than any other arthropod. Lyme disease is the most common, caused by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi (Johnson, Schmid, Hyde, Steigerwalt, and Brenner) in the northeastern Unite...

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Published in:Insects
Main Authors: Linske, Megan A., Stafford, Kirby C., Williams, Scott C., Lubelczyk, Charles B., Welch, Margret, Henderson, Elizabeth F.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: MDPI 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6723576/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31366124
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10080227
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