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Lizard feeding enhances <i>Ixodes pacificus</i> vector competency

2021-04-29

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A vector’s susceptibility and ability to transmit a pathogen— termed vector competency—determines disease outcomes, yet the ecological factors influencing tick vector competency remain largely unknown. Ixodes pacificus , the vector of Borrelia burgdorferi ( Bb ) in the western U.S., feeds on rodents, birds, and lizards. While rodents and birds are reservoirs for Bb and infect juvenile ticks, lizards are Bb- r...

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Literature Corpus work: 015f047c-8739-5985-982c-971bc42ff4f1
DOI: 10.1101/2021.04.28.441694

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