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Seroprevalence for the tick-borne relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae among small and medium sized mammals of Texas

BACKGROUND: In low elevation arid regions throughout the southern United States, Borrelia turicatae is the principal agent of tick-borne relapsing fever. However, endemic foci and the vertebrate hosts involved in the ecology of B. turicatae remain undefined. Experimental infection studies suggest th...

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Autores principales: Armstrong, Brittany A., Kneubehl, Alexander, Krishnavajhala, Aparna, Wilder, Hannah K., Boyle, William, Wozniak, Edward, Phillips, Carson, Hollywood, Kristen, Murray, Kristy O., Donaldson, Taylor G., Teel, Pete D., Waldrup, Ken, Lopez, Job E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6224114/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30372445
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006877