Behavioral asymmetries in ticks – Lateralized questing of Ixodes ricinus to a mechatronic apparatus delivering host-borne cues

Acta Tropica

Volumn 178, Issue , 2018, Pages 176-181

  Benelli, Giovanni ^a,b   Romano, Donato ^b   Rocchigiani, Guido ^a   Caselli, Alice ^a   Mancianti, Francesca ^a   Canale, Angelo ^a   Stefanini, Cesare ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Host seeking; Laterality; Mechatronics; Population level lateralization; Robotic interfaces; Tick control; Tick borne diseases

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR; HOST PREFERENCE; OLFACTORY CUE; ROBOTICS; TICK;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL BEHAVIORAL TEST; EXPERIMENTAL HOST; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IXODES RICINUS; MECHANTRONIC APPARATUS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; IXODES; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; IXODES RICINUS; IXODIDA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IXODES;

EID: 85036529527     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.11.024     Document Type: Article

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