Phylogeographic Structure of the White-Footed Mouse and the Deer Mouse, Two Lyme Disease Reservoir Hosts in Québec

Author:

Fiset, J, Tessier, N, Millien, V, and Lapointe, FJ

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2015-12

Journal/Series title:

PLoS One

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URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26633555

Abstract:

As different strains of Borrelia burgdorferi may be associated with different levels of pathogenicity and immune responses of their hosts, our results are helpful at better understanding the pattern of spread of Lyme disease in a zone of emergence, and associated risk for human populations.