Identification of a New Borrelia Species among Small Mammals in Areas of Northern Spain Where Lyme Disease Is Endemic

The role of small mammals as reservoir hosts for Borrelia burgdorferi was investigated in several areas where Lyme disease is endemic in northern Spain. A low rate of infestation by Ixodes ricinus nymphs was found in the small mammal populations studied that correlated with the near-absence of B. bu...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2005-03, Vol.71 (3), p.1336-1345
Hauptverfasser: Gil, Horacio, Barral, Marta, Escudero, Raquel, García-Pérez, Ana L, Anda, Pedro
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