Borrelia puertoricensis in opossums (Didelphis marsupialis) from Colombia
Background The genus Borrelia comprises pathogenic species of bacteria that pose a signifcant risk to public health. Borrelia spp. are emerging or reemerging infectious agents worldwide with complex transmission cycles, and many species use rodents as vertebrate reservoir hosts. Spirochetes morpholo...
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- Fecha de publicación:
- 2023
- Institución:
- Universidad del Rosario
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
- Idioma:
- eng
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/42095
- Acceso en línea:
- https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/42095
- Palabra clave:
- Opossums
Borrelia puertoricensis
Tick-borne spirochetes
Colombia
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- Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
| Summary: | Background The genus Borrelia comprises pathogenic species of bacteria that pose a signifcant risk to public health. Borrelia spp. are emerging or reemerging infectious agents worldwide with complex transmission cycles, and many species use rodents as vertebrate reservoir hosts. Spirochetes morphologically compatible with Borrelia have been recurrently observed in opossums; however, there is currently a lack of genetic evidence confrming infection or sup?porting that these marsupials are hosts of Borrelia spirochetes. |
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