High Diversity, Prevalence, and Co-infection Rates of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ticks and Wildlife Hosts in an Urban Area in Romania

High Diversity, Prevalence, and Co-infection Rates of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ticks and Wildlife Hosts in an Urban Area in Romania

Despite the increasingly recognized eco-epidemiological importance of ticks as vectors for numerous zoonotic pathogens in urban areas, data regarding the pathogen diversity and co-infection rates in ticks and wildlife hosts in urban and peri-urban Romania are scanty. We aimed to establish the risk o...

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Main Authors: Silvia-Diana Borşan, Angela Monica Ionică, Clémence Galon, Andra Toma-Naic, Cosmin Peştean, Attila D. Sándor, Sara Moutailler, Andrei Daniel Mihalca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
urban
hard ticks
wildlife hosts
tick-borne pathogens
co-infections
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.645002/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.645002/full

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