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Transmission of the relapsing fever spirochete, Borrelia miyamotoi, by single transovarially-infected larval Ixodes scapularis ticks

The relapsing fever spirochete, Borrelia miyamotoi, is increasingly recognized as a cause of human illness (hard tick-borne relapsing fever) in the United States. We previously demonstrated that single nymphs of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, can transmit B. miyamotoi to experimental hosts...

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Autores principales: Breuner, Nicole E., Hojgaard, Andrias, Replogle, Adam J., Boegler, Karen A., Eisen, Lars
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6135663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30007502
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.07.006