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Endosymbiont interference and microbial diversity of the Pacific coast tick, <i>Dermacentor occidentalis</i> , in San Diego County, California

2016-12-07

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The Pacific coast tick, Dermacentor occidentalis Marx, is found throughout California and can harbor agents that cause human diseases such as anaplasmosis, ehrlichiosis, tularemia, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and rickettsiosis 364D.Previous studies have demonstrated that nonpathogenic endosymbiotic bacteria can interfere with Rickettsia co-infections in other tick species.We hypothesized that within D. occiden...

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9ab90bfd-3fde-576d-aa6d-5edb3a76a01c
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10.7287/peerj.preprints.2622v1
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