Comparison of the lifetime host-to-tick transmission between two strains of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia afzelii

BACKGROUND: Transmission from the vertebrate host to the arthropod vector is a critical step in the life-cycle of any vector-borne pathogen. How the probability of host-to-vector transmission changes over the duration of the infection is an important predictor of pathogen fitness. The Lyme disease p...

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Autores principales: Jacquet, Maxime, Margos, Gabriele, Fingerle, Volker, Voordouw, Maarten J.
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/PMC5162089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27986081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1929-z

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5162089/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27986081
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1929-z

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