Red Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) Are Exposed to High Diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Species Infecting Fox-Derived Ixodes Ticks in West-Central Poland

The role of red fox, Vulpes vulpes, and its associated ticks in maintaining Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) was studied. A total of 1583 ticks were removed from ears of 120 infested animals and were identified as species using a nested PCR targeting the ITS2 and coxI fragments of Ixodes DNA....

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Autores principales: Wodecka, Beata, Michalik, Jerzy, Grochowalska, Renata
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9229790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35745549
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11060696

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9229790/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35745549
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11060696

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