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High burdens of Ixodes scapularis larval ticks on white-tailed deer may limit Lyme disease risk in a low biodiversity setting
An inverse relationship between biodiversity and human health has been termed the ‘dilution effect’ paradigm. In the case of tick-borne infections such as Lyme disease, the key assumption is that Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato abundance is increased by the loss of less competent (dilution) hosts as...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6377166/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30446377 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2018.10.013 |