Inefficient co-feeding transmission of Borrelia afzelii in two common European songbirds

The spirochete bacterium Borrelia afzelii is the most common cause of Lyme borreliosis in Europe. This tick-borne pathogen can establish systemic infections in rodents but not in birds. However, several field studies have recovered larval Ixodes ricinus ticks infected with B. afzelii from songbirds...

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Autores principales: Heylen, Dieter J. A., Sprong, Hein, Krawczyk, Aleksandra, Van Houtte, Natalie, Genné, Dolores, Gomez-Chamorro, Andrea, van Oers, Kees, Voordouw, Maarten J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5214756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28054584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39596

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5214756/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28054584
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep39596

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