Sentences with word «nymphal»

Ten male Indian rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), aged 2 — 3 years were subjected to infection with B. burgdorferi by nymphal Ixodes scapularis tick feeding.
(B) Confocal image of IFA of salivary glands from partially fed nymphal ticks.
It's clear that climate warming is leading to earlier spring feeding by nymphal ticks, sometimes by as much as three weeks.
Kahl O, Janetzki - Mittmann C, Gray JS, Jonas R, Stein J, de Boer R. Risk of infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato for a host in relation to the duration of nymphal Ixodes ricinus feeding and the method of tick removal.
In New York State — and likely throughout the Northeast — we need to begin taking preventative measures before May, as potentially infected nymphal ticks are already on the move.»
Lane is searching for nymphal western blacklegged ticks (species name Ixodes pacificus), the prime vector for spreading Lyme disease out West.
Because host - targeted bait boxes affect ticks in their larval and nymphal life stages, the method takes longer to affect tick populations than other management methods, the researchers note.
Aggregating accelerates nymphal development and reproductive maturation, and carries other benefits such as helping roaches locate mates, avoid predators and find food sources.
Selected nymphal ticks were processed by indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) staining to evaluate for the presence of intact B. burgdorferi spirochetes.
Results on the trend toward advanced spring emergence were published this February in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Among the paper's findings: nymphal ticks peak in the spring, larval ticks peak in the summer, and both emerge nearly three weeks earlier in warmer years.
Bite: Both females and males frequently bite people and animals, causing a bull's eye, or erythema migrans, rash, and both nymphal and adult ticks are associated with the transmission of pathogens to humans.
Thus, the relapsing fever can be spread not only by adult and nymphal (adolescent) ticks, but also by the bite of newborn larvae.
The larvae, which hatch in 3 - 10 days, move about on the skin, molt into a «nymphal» stage, and then mature into adult mites.
Paying attention to nymphal tick activity is essential to protecting public health.
Finally, we fed a portion of our nymphal ticks on clean mice as controls to validate the absence of spirochetes in our tick colony.
Borrelia is transmitted to us mainly by ticks, however, it is important to know that ticks in their nymphal stage (new born) is most likely to transmit the bacteria.
The eggs hatch in three to 10 days, producing a larvae that in turn move about on the skin surface, eventually molting into a nymphal stage and finally into an adult.
The eggs hatch in 3 - 10 days producing a larvae which, in turn, move about on the skin surface eventually molting into a «nymphal» stage and finally into an adult.
In its nymphal form, it is the spitting image of the lichen that is abundant in the insect's habitat.
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