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. 2020 Jul 31;13:391. doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04258-0

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

a Vector-host association: Larvae attach to the white-footed mouse and begin blood-feeding for ~4 days. Fully engorged, replete larvae drop from the host and begin nymph development. Infected nymphs can then bite humans. b The impact of fipronil bait consumption by white-footed mice on development of blood-feeding larvae: Larvae blood-feeding on mice that consume fipronil bait expire and are prevented from feeding to repletion and detaching, subsequently preventing nymph development and reducing the risk of human nymph bites