STING from a Tick : Epidemiology, Ecology and Clinical Aspects of Lyme Borreliosis.
This dissertation by Peter Wilhelmsson investigates the epidemiology, ecology, and clinical aspects of Lyme borreliosis, the most prevalent tick-borne disease in the Northern Hemisphere. Focused on the transmission dynamics between humans, ticks, and Borrelia bacteria, the study analyzes temporal an...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Linköping :
Linköping University Electronic Press,
2014.
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9789175194608 9175194600 |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Table of contents
- Abstract
- Swedish summary
- List of papers
- Abbreviations
- Background
- Aims
- The Tick-Borne Diseases STING-study
- Part 1. The interactions between humans and ticks
- results and discussion (paper I)
- Part 2. The interactions between ticks and Borrelia bacteria
- results and discussion (paper II and III)
- Part 3. The interactions between Borrelia bacteria and humans
- results and discussion (paper IV)
- Summary of the findings
- Concluding remarks
- Future perspectives
- Acknowledgment
- References.