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SUBMITTER: Mayne P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5657863 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mayne P P Song S S Shao R R Burke J J Wang Y Y Roberts T T
Journal of insect science (Online) 20140101
Ixodes holocyclus (Acarina: Ixodidae) and Ixodes cornuatus (Acarina: Ixodidae) are two tick species found in the more densely populated areas of Australia and are known to be the cause of the neurotoxic disease tick paralysis in humans and mammals. Borreliosis otherwise known as Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease in humans in Australia. Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) and sensu lato are closely related spirochetal species that are the causative ag ...[more]