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A Hard Tick Relapsing Fever Group Spirochete in a Brazilian Rhipicephalus ( Boophilus ) microplus
2 Nov 2007
Abstract excerpt
Tick-borne diseases usually comprise a complex epidemiological and ecological network connecting the vector, pathogen, and a group of host species. Symptoms associated with Lyme disease have been reported in Brazil, but no Borrelia sp. has been definitively related to these events. Here we have identified a B. lonestari/B. theileri-related spirochete DNA in the cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus from...
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