Host-Parasite Associations of Small Mammal Communities and Implications for the Spread of Lyme Disease
Many zoonotic pathogens of concern to human and veterinary health are maintained in the environment within small mammal reservoirs and vectored to new hosts by ectoparasitic arthropods. While the ecological relationships among small mammals, ectoparasites, and disease-causing symbiotic microorganism...
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1588 http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2584&context=theses |