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An Invasive Mammal (the Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis) Commonly Hosts Diverse and Atypical Genotypes of the Zoonotic Pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato

Invasive vertebrate species can act as hosts for endemic pathogens and may alter pathogen community composition and dynamics. For the zoonotic pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the agent of Lyme borreliosis, recent work shows invasive rodent species can be of high epidemiological importance...

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Autores principales: Millins, Caroline, Magierecka, Agnieszka, Gilbert, Lucy, Edoff, Alissa, Brereton, Amelia, Kilbride, Elizabeth, Denwood, Matt, Birtles, Richard, Biek, Roman
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4475893/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25888168
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00109-15