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Lyme disease

2002-09-01

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Here is a sneak preview of the forthcoming book Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, 5th Edition. The following chapter on Lyme disease is by Thomas J. Divers. Lyme disease is caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi, an organism that is maintained in a 2-year enzootic cycle that involves Ixodes spp. ticks and mammals. The deer and the white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) are the most common mammals involv...

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Literature Corpus work: 7f920ecd-d0aa-5ab5-b330-3ff751c0848e
DOI: 10.1016/s0737-0806(02)70020-8

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