Article
Individual heterogeneity in ixodid tick infestation and prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in a northern community of small mammalian hosts
2023-03-14
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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Heterogeneous aggregation of parasites between individual hosts is common and regarded as an important factor in understanding transmission dynamics of vector-borne diseases. Lyme disease is vectored by generalist tick species, yet we have a limited understanding of how individual heterogeneities within small mammal host populations affect aggregation of ticks and likelihood of infectio...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 396c7aa1-616f-5213-80ac-69bbc7d6b7c5
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2620581/v1
