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The abundance of the Lyme disease pathogen Borrelia afzelii declines over time in the tick vector Ixodes ricinus

BACKGROUND: The population dynamics of vector-borne pathogens inside the arthropod vector can have important consequences for vector-to-host transmission. Tick-borne spirochete bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) species complex cause Lyme borreliosis in humans and spend long periods o...

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Autores principales: Jacquet, Maxime, Genné, Dolores, Belli, Alessandro, Maluenda, Elodie, Sarr, Anouk, Voordouw, Maarten J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5445446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28545520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2187-4