Population bottlenecks during the infectious cycle of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi.

Borrelia burgdorferi is a zoonotic pathogen whose maintenance in nature depends upon an infectious cycle that alternates between a tick vector and mammalian hosts. Lyme disease in humans results from transmission of B. burgdorferi by the bite of an infected tick. The population dynamics of B. burgdo...

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Main Authors: Ryan O M Rego, Aaron Bestor, Jan Stefka, Patricia A Rosa
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/5e2ef2ff46a94475acced5b02d7f358a
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