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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Autores principales: Kasumba, Irene N., Bestor, Aaron, Tilly, Kit, Rosa, Patricia A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
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

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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

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