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Wild boar as a potential reservoir of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens.
Ticks and tick-borne diseases - 1 Jan 2021
Hrazdilová Kristýna, Lesiczka Paulina Maria, Bardoň Jan, Vyroubalová Šárka, Šimek Bronislav, Zurek Ludek, Modrý David
Abstract excerpt
The wild boar (Sus scrofa) population has increased dramatically over the last decades throughout Europe and it has become a serious pest. In addition, the common habitat of wild boar and of the tick, Ixodes ricinus, indicates the potential of wild boar to play a role in epidemiology of epizootic and zoonotic tick-borne pathogens, including Anaplasma phagocytophilum. In Europe, epidemiological cycles and...
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