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

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1773, 2013, Pages

  Richter, Dania ^a,b,d   Matuschka, Franz Rainer ^a,b   Spielman, Andrew ^b   Mahadevan, L ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attachment; Ixodes tick; Mouthparts; Ratchet

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; ENTOMOLOGY; FEEDING; LYME DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKIN; TICK;

IXODES; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA; SPIROCHAETALES; SPIROCHAETES;

EID: 84886992616     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.1758     Document Type: Article

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