Borrelia infection in Ixodes pararicinus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) from northwestern Argentina
The aim of this work was to describe for the first time the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato infecting ticks in Argentina. Unfed specimens of Ixodes pararicinus collected from vegetation in Jujuy Province were tested for Borrelia infection by PCR targeting the gene flagellin (fla), the rr...
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| Format: | info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo |
| Language: | Inglés |
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2018
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| Online Access: | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X14002071 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3043 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.06.010 |
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