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Detection of Lyme Disease and Q Fever Agents in Wild Rodents in Central Italy.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jul 2015
Pascucci Ilaria, Di Domenico Marco, Dall'Acqua Francesca, Sozio Giulia, Cammà Cesare
Abstract excerpt
The maintenance of tick-borne disease agents in the environment strictly depends on the relationship between tick vectors and their hosts, which act as reservoirs for these pathogens. A pilot study aimed to investigate wild rodents as reservoirs for zoonotic tick-borne pathogens (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.), Coxiella burnetii, Francisella tularensis, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum) was carried out in an...
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