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Virulence of the Lyme disease spirochete before and after the tick bloodmeal: a quantitative assessment
BACKGROUND: Borrelia burgdorferi, the tick-transmitted agent of Lyme disease, adapts to different environments as it cycles between an arthropod vector and vertebrate host. Signals encountered during nymphal tick feeding prior to transmission activate a regulon that is controlled by the alternative...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4780146/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26951688 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1380-1 |