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Bartonella species and their ectoparasites: selective host adaptation or strain selection between the vector and the mammalian host?
Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2011
Tsai Yi-Lun, Chang Chao-Chin, Chuang Shih-Te, Chomel Bruno B
Abstract excerpt
A wide range of blood-sucking arthropods have either been confirmed or are suspected as important vectors in Bartonella transmission to mammals, including humans. Overall, it appears that the diversity of Bartonella species DNA identified in ectoparasites is much broader than the species detected in their mammalian hosts, suggesting a mechanism of adaptation of Bartonella species to their host-vector ecosystem....
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