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Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Spirochetes in Wild Birds in Northwestern California: Associations with Ecological Factors, Bird Behavior and Tick Infestation

Although Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) are found in a great diversity of vertebrates, most studies in North America have focused on the role of mammals as spirochete reservoir hosts. We investigated the roles of birds as hosts for subadult Ixodes pacificus ticks and potential reservoirs of...

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Autores principales: Newman, Erica A., Eisen, Lars, Eisen, Rebecca J., Fedorova, Natalia, Hasty, Jeomhee M., Vaughn, Charles, Lane, Robert S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4340631/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25714376
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118146