Antimicrobial activity in the egg wax of the tick Amblyomma hebraeum (Acari: Ixodidae) is associated with free fatty acids C16:1 and C18:2.

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Published in Exp Appl Acarol on June 13, 2012

Authors

Zhijun Yu1, Euan L S Thomson, Jingze Liu, Jonathan J Dennis, René L Jacobs, W Reuben Kaufman

Author Affiliations

1: College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050016 Hebei, China.

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