Nested coevolutionary networks shape the ecological relationships of ticks, hosts, and the Lyme disease bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) complex

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Estrada Peña, Agustín ^a   Sprong, Hein ^b   Cabezas Cruz, Alejandro ^c   De La Fuente, José ^d,e   Ramo, Ana ^a   Coipan, Elena Claudia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^e OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.); Centrality; Ecological networks; Phylogenetic diversity; Ticks; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

APODEMUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; COEVOLUTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROTUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMPATRY; TICK; TURDUS; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84988661123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-016-1803-z     Document Type: Article

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