Are the Clinical Signs of Lyme Borreliosis Really Understood in Horses?
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Lyme disease is the most common zoonosis transmitted by ticks in North America and Europe, which is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato [1]. It is also diagnosed in Asia [2], Africa [3] and South America [4]. This kind of borreliosis is transmitted to mammals by ticks’ exposure to nymph or adult stage as far as 24 hours adhesion in the host is established, which ensures the regulation of outer surface proteins that are responsible for their survival against the host immune system [5].
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تاریخ انتشار 2015