Adaptation of Diverse Lyme Disease Spirochetes in a Natural Rodent Reservoir Host
2004; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 72; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1128/iai.72.4.2442-2444.2004
ISSN1098-5522
AutoresD. Richter, Birte Klug, Andrew Spielman, Franz‐Rainer Matuschka,
Tópico(s)Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
ResumoABSTRACT We compared the relative reservoir competence of European wood mice for two genospecies of Lyme disease spirochetes by analyzing susceptibility, intrinsic incubation period, and degree and duration of infectivity. Borrelia afzelii , specializing in particular reservoir hosts, is better adapted to those hosts than is the more generalist genospecies B. burgdorferi sensu stricto.
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