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Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in Amblyomma americanum ticks in the southeastern United States: the case of selective compatibility
- 1.0468791 - BC 2017 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Rudenko, Natalia - Golovchenko, Maryna - Clark, K. - Oliver, J. - Grubhoffer, Libor
Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto in Amblyomma americanum ticks in the southeastern United States: the case of selective compatibility.
Emerging Microbes & Infections. Roč. 5, MAY 25 (2016), č. článku e48. E-ISSN 2222-1751
EU Projects: European Commission(XE) 278976 - ANTIGONE
Institutional support: RVO:60077344
Keywords : lyme disease spirochete * Dermacentor variabilis * Ixodes scapularis * Ixodidae * Acari * strain
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
Impact factor: 5.605, year: 2016
Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus), the lone star tick, is a major human-biting tick in the eastern, southeastern and midwestern USA. Because of the high population densities and increased expansion ability, its capacity to transmit multiple pathogens, and its aggressive and liberal feeding behavior, A. americanum is emerging as one of the most medically and economically significant tick vectors in the United States.
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