Polymorphisms at the innate immune receptor TLR2 are associated with Borrelia infection in a wild rodent population

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1759, 2013, Pages

  Tschirren, Barbara ^a   Andersson, Martin ^b   Scherman, Kristin ^b   Westerdahl, Helena ^b   Mittl, Peer R E ^a   Råberg, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Borrelia; Disease resistance; Host parasite interactions; Innate immune defence; Toll like receptors; Wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; CAPTURE METHOD; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYME DISEASE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARASITISM; PATHOGEN; POLYMORPHISM; RODENT; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84878225297     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0364     Document Type: Article

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