Functional Redundancy and Ecological Innovation Shape the Circulation of Tick-Transmitted Pathogens

Ticks are vectors of pathogens affecting human and animal health worldwide. Nevertheless, the ecological and evolutionary interactions between ticks, hosts, and pathogens are largely unknown. Here, we integrated a framework to evaluate the associations of the tick Ixodes ricinus with its hosts and e...

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Main Authors: Agustín Estrada-Peña, José de la Fuente, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2017.00234/full