Influence of tick sex and geographic region on the microbiome of Dermacentor variabilis collected from dogs and cats across the United States

As tick-borne diseases continue to increase across North America, current research strives to understand how the tick microbiome may affect pathogen acquisition, maintenance, and transmission. Prior high throughput amplicon-based microbial diversity surveys of the widespread tick Dermacentor variabi...

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Main Authors: Duncan, K.T (Author), Elshahed, M.S (Author), Little, S.E (Author), Sundstrom, K.D (Author), Youssef, N.H (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier GmbH 2022
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