Divergence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes could be driven by the host: diversity of Borrelia strains isolated from ticks feeding on a single bird

BACKGROUND: The controversy surrounding the potential impact of birds in spirochete transmission dynamics and their capacity to serve as a reservoir has existed for a long time. The majority of analyzed bird species are able to infect larval ticks with Borrelia. Dispersal of infected ticks due to bi...

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Autores principales: Rudenko, Nataliia, Golovchenko, Maryna, Belfiore, Natalia M, Grubhoffer, Libor, Oliver Jr, James H
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3892016/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24383476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-4

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