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- Title
Locomotor Activity of Ixodes ricinus Females in 900 MHz Electromagnetic Field.
- Authors
Vargová, Blažena; Majláth, Igor; Kurimský, Juraj; Cimbala, Roman; Zbojovský, Ján; Tryjanowski, Piotr; Majláthová, Viktoria
- Abstract
Mobile telecommunications technologies have become an indispensable part of people's lives of all ages around the world. They affect personal life and social interactions and are a work tool in the work routine. Network availability requirements and the quality of the Internet connection are constantly increasing, to which telecommunications providers are responding. Humans and wildlife live in the permanent presence of electromagnetic radiation with just a minor knowledge of the impact this radiation has. The aim of our study was to investigate the effect of a 900 MHz electromagnetic field (EMF) on the locomotor behavior of female Ixodes ricinus ticks under laboratory conditions. Experiments were performed in the radiation-shielded tube (RST) test and radiation-shielded circular open-field arena placed in an anechoic chamber. Altogether, 480 female I. ricinus ticks were tested. In the RST arena, no differences in preference for irradiated and shielded parts of experimental modules were observed; in the open-field arena, the time spent and the trajectory passed was significantly longer in the part exposed to the EMF.
- Subjects
ELECTROMAGNETIC fields; ANECHOIC chambers; ELECTROMAGNETIC radiation; CASTOR bean tick; INTERNET access; FEMALES
- Publication
Life (2075-1729), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 6, p884
- ISSN
2075-1729
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/life12060884