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ArticleCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases2024

Xenodiagnosis in the wild: A methodology to investigate infectiousness for tick-borne bacteria in a songbird reservoir.

Jens Zarka, Dieter Heylen, Hein Sprong, Manoj Fonville, Joris Elst, Erik Matthysen

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Article in Current research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jens ZarkaEvolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Dieter HeylenEvolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Hein SprongCentre for Infectious Diseases Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
Manoj FonvilleCentre for Infectious Diseases Research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, 3720 BA Bilthoven, the Netherlands.
Joris ElstEvolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.
Erik MatthysenEvolutionary Ecology Group, Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, 2610, Wilrijk, Belgium.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A crucial factor to predict the persistence and spread of infections in natural systems is the capacity of reservoir hosts to maintain the infection and transmit it to others. This is known to greatly vary within and between species and through time, although the latter part of the variation is often less well understood in the wild.

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BorreliaInfectiousnessIxodesParusXenodiagnosis

Identifiers

PMID39318442
PMCPMC11421356

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