Infection with Borrelia afzelii and manipulation of the egg surface microbiota have no effect on the fitness of immature Ixodes ricinus ticks

Abstract Arthropod vectors carry vector-borne pathogens that cause infectious disease in vertebrate hosts, and arthropod-associated microbiota, which consists of non-pathogenic microorganisms. Vector-borne pathogens and the microbiota can both influence the fitness of their arthropod vectors, and he...

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Main Authors: Georgia Hurry, Elodie Maluenda, Anouk Sarr, Alessandro Belli, Phineas T. Hamilton, Olivier Duron, Olivier Plantard, Maarten J. Voordouw
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3876d6a3ee5543d49a3368e00d129057
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