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Host tropism determination by convergent evolution of immunological evasion in the Lyme disease system

2021-02-10

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<h4>ABSTRACT</h4> Microparasites selectively adapt in some hosts, known as host tropism. Transmitted through ticks and carried mainly by mammals and birds, the Lyme disease (LD) bacterium is a well-suited model to study such tropism. LD bacteria species vary in host ranges through mechanisms eluding characterization. By feeding ticks infected with different LD bacteria species, utilizing feeding chambers and live...

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Literature Corpus work: 7fe4fcd1-851d-50b0-8231-aad1c9936d5a
DOI: 10.1101/2021.02.09.430532

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