The microbiota of hematophagous ectoparasites collected from migratory birds.

The microbiota of hematophagous ectoparasites collected from migratory birds.

Arthropod vectors are responsible for the transmission of human pathogens worldwide. Several arthropod species are bird ectoparasites, however, no study to date has characterized their microbiota as a whole. We sampled hematophagous ectoparasites that feed on migratory birds and performed 16S rRNA g...

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Main Authors: Francesco Cerutti, Paola Modesto, Francesca Rizzo, Alessandra Cravero, Irena Jurman, Stefano Costa, Mauro Giammarino, Maria Lucia Mandola, Mariella Goria, Slobodanka Radovic, Federica Cattonaro, Pier Luigi Acutis, Simone Peletto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6110481?pdf=render

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