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Host blood meal identity modifies vector gene expression and competency

A vector's susceptibility and ability to transmit a pathogen—termed vector competency—determines disease outcomes, yet the ecological factors influencing tick vector competency remain largely unknown. Ixodes pacificus, the tick vector of Borrelia burgdorferi (Bb) in the western U.S., feeds on r...

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Autores principales: Ring, Kacie, Couper, Lisa I., Sapiro, Anne L., Yarza, Fauna, Yang, X. Frank, Clay, Keith, Mateusiak, Chase, Chou, Seemay, Swei, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9314864/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35231145
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.16413