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Microbiome Composition and Borrelia Detection in Ixodes scapularis Ticks at the Northwestern Edge of Their Range

Lyme disease-causing Borrelia burgdorferi has been reported in 10–19% of Ixodes ticks from Alberta, Canada, where the tick vector Ixodes scapularis is at the northwestern edge of its range. However, the presence of Borrelia has not been verified independently, and the bacterial microbiome of these t...

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Autores principales: Sperling, Janet L. H., Fitzgerald, Daniel, Sperling, Felix A. H., Magor, Katharine E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7709646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33218113
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5040173