Article
The bacterial microbiome and pathogen reservoir potential of Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks in South Africa
2024-10-21
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<title>Abstract</title> <p><bold>Background: </bold>Tick-borne bacterial pathogens from both domestic and wild animals play a significant role in the (re)emergence of human diseases. Primary tick endosymbionts have considerable influence on tick fitness and pathogen acquisition or transmission, while secondary endosymbionts are more likely to be pathogens. <italic>Rhipicephalus sanguineus</italic> is one of the m...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 093269d7-21fa-50cd-8ba9-d291b1836a69
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-5283012/v1
