Transhemispheric exchange of Lyme disease spirochetes by seabirds.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on December 01, 1995

Authors

B Olsen1, D C Duffy, T G Jaenson, A Gylfe, J Bonnedahl, S Bergström

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Microbiology, Umeå University, Sweden.

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