Repeated Tick Infestations Impair Borrelia burgdorferi Transmission in a Non-Human Primate Model of Tick Feeding
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DOI: 10.3390/pathogens12010132
Abstract: The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is the predominant vector of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease in the USA. Natural hosts of I. scapularis such as Peromyscus leucopus are repeatedly infested by these ticks… read more here.
Keywords: tick resistance; repeated tick; transmission; tick ... See more keywords