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Identification of Host Bloodmeal Source and<i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i>Sensu Lato in Field-Collected<i>Ixodes ricinus</i>Ticks in Chaumont (Switzerland)

2007-11-01

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To evaluate the importance of vertebrate species as tick hosts and as reservoir hosts in two endemic areas for Lyme borreliosis in Switzerland, we applied molecular methods for the analysis of bloodmeal source and Borrelia infection in questing Ixodes ricinus L. ticks. In total, 1,326 questing ticks were simultaneously analyzed for Borrelia and for blood meal remnants by using reverse line blot. An overall infecti...

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dbbce638-774c-5237-9f95-14f3419a4d0a
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10.1093/jmedent/44.6.1109
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