Diseases from North America: focus on tick-borne infections
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Emerging tick-borne diseases.
Ticks are capable of transmitting numerous pathogens to both humans and their pets. The risks of tick-borne disease risks vary geographically and are determined by the climate, environment, the presence of rodents and other mammal reservoirs, and the species of ticks parasitizing wild and domestic animals. Zoonoses such as Lyme borreliosis, tularemia, and tick-borne rickettsioses can emerge in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Medicine
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1470-2118,1473-4893
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-6-74