Ticks and Borrelia: model systems for investigating pathogen-arthropod interactions.

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Published in Infect Agents Dis on June 01, 1996

Authors

T G Schwan1

Author Affiliations

1: Laboratory of Microbial Structure and Function, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Hamilton, MT 59840, USA.

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