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As the "dad of the baby" I always suggest to work with nymphs (which are very hairy and easily separated from ricinus) and, if possible, collected from lizards (the most common host for nymphs, as far as we know).
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"By a hairs breadth": some ticks look almost identical, differing sometimes by just a few hairs (image from https://t.co/VVtuYlM5RI)! However, despite being morphologically very similar they may play very different roles in vectoring pathogens: https://t.c
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RT @Bartonella: DNA testing of ticks in Germany confirms presence of I. inopinatus and that they are more likely to carry #Lymedisease than…
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RT @Bartonella: DNA testing of ticks in Germany confirms presence of I. inopinatus and that they are more likely to carry #Lymedisease than…