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Migratory birds as disseminators of ticks and the tick-borne pathogens Borrelia bacteria and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus: a seasonal study at Ottenby Bird Observatory in South-eastern Sweden

BACKGROUND: Birds can act as reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens and can also disperse pathogen-containing ticks to both nearby and remote localities. The aims of this study were to estimate tick infestation patterns on migratory birds and the prevalence of different Borrelia species and tick-borne e...

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Autores principales: Wilhelmsson, Peter, Jaenson, Thomas G. T., Olsen, Björn, Waldenström, Jonas, Lindgren, Per-Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7713317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33272317
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-020-04493-5