Host specificity in a diverse Neotropical tick community: an assessment using quantitative network analysis and host phylogeny

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BACKGROUND: Host specificity is a fundamental determinant of tick population and pathogen transmission dynamics, and therefore has important implications for human health. Tick host specificity is expected to be particularly high in the tropics, where communities of ticks, hosts and pathogens are most diverse. Yet the degree to which tropical tick species are host-specific remains poorly understood. Combining new...

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