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Host races in Ixodes ricinus, the European vector of Lyme borreliosis.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2011
Kempf Florent, De Meeûs Thierry, Vaumourin Elise, Noel Valérie, Taragel'ová Veronika, Plantard Olivier, Heylen Dieter J A, Eraud Cyril, Chevillon Christine, McCoy Karen D
Abstract excerpt
Ixodes ricinus is a European tick that transmits numerous pathogenic agents, including the bacteria that cause Lyme disease (some genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex). This tick has been considered as a classic example of an extreme generalist vector. However, host-associations...
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