Repeated Tick Infestations Impair Borrelia burgdorferi Transmission in a Non-Human Primate Model of Tick Feeding

The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is the predominant vector of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease in the USA. Natural hosts of I. scapularis such as Peromyscus leucopus are repeatedly infested by these ticks without acquiring tick resistance. However, upon repeated tick infestati...

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Autores principales: Narasimhan, Sukanya, Booth, Carmen J., Philipp, Mario T., Fikrig, Erol, Embers, Monica E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9861725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36678479
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12010132

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9861725/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36678479
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12010132

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