Journal article
Natural Lyme disease cycles maintained via sheep by co-feeding ticks
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We present observational and experimental evidence that cycles of the Lyme disease spirochaete, Borrelia burgdorferi S.1., can be maintained by sheep in the virtual absence of alternative hosts. A 2-year field study in upland moorland habitats of northwest UK established that sheep feed up to 80% of larval, >99% of nymphal and all of the adult female tick (Ixodes ricinus) population. Infection prevalence of B. burgdorferi in questing ticks reaches over 20%, but a...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1017/S0031182097001868
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Ogden, N
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- Cambridge University Press
- Journal:
- Parasitology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 115
- Issue:
- 6
- Pages:
- 591-599
- Publication date:
- 1997-12-01
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1469-8161
- ISSN:
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0031-1820
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English
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- 1997
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- Citation: Ogden, N. H., Nuttall, P. A. & Randolph, S. E. (1997). 'Natural Lyme disease cycles maintained via sheep by co-feeding ticks', Parasitology, 15(6), 591-599. [Available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PAR].
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