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Pattern of Tick Aggregation on Mice: Larger Than Expected Distribution Tail Enhances the Spread of Tick-Borne Pathogens

The spread of tick-borne pathogens represents an important threat to human and animal health in many parts of Eurasia. Here, we analysed a 9-year time series of Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on Apodemus flavicollis mice (main reservoir-competent host for tick-borne encephalitis, TBE) sampled in Trent...

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Autores principales: Ferreri, Luca, Giacobini, Mario, Bajardi, Paolo, Bertolotti, Luigi, Bolzoni, Luca, Tagliapietra, Valentina, Rizzoli, Annapaola, Rosà, Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4230730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25393293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003931