Ecology of<i>Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato</i>in Europe: transmission dynamics in multi-host systems, influence of molecular processes and effects of climate change

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The analysis of different multi-host systems suggests that even hosts that are not capable of transmitting Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) to the tick vector, Ixodes ricinus, or that are secondary reservoirs for these agents contribute to the intensity of transmission and to the overall risk of Lyme borreliosis, through the process of vector augmentation and pathogen amplification. On the other hand, above...