Fossilized Mammalian Erythrocytes Associated With a Tick Reveal Ancient Piroplasms
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DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw247
Abstract: Abstract Ticks transmit a variety of pathogenic organisms to vertebrates, especially mammals. The fossil record of such associations is extremely rare. An engorged nymphal tick of the genus Ambylomma in Dominican amber was surrounded by… read more here.
Keywords: reveal ancient; fossilized mammalian; associated tick; mammalian erythrocytes ... See more keywords