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On the potential roles of ticks and migrating birds in the ecology of West Nile virus

BACKGROUND: Mosquitoes are the primary vectors of West Nile virus (WNV). Ticks have, however, been suggested to be potential reservoirs of WNV. In order to investigate their role in the spread of the virus, ticks, which had been collected from birds migrating northwards from Africa to Europe, were a...

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Main Authors: Hagman, Karl, Barboutis, Christos, Ehrenborg, Christian, Fransson, Thord, Jaenson, Thomas G. T., Lindgren, Per-Eric, Lundkvist, Åke, Nyström, Fredrik, Waldenström, Jonas, Salaneck, Erik
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Co-Action Publishing 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3895205/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24455105
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3402/iee.v4.20943
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