Comparative reservoir competence of Peromyscus leucopus, C57BL/6J, and C3H/HeN for Borrelia burgdorferi B31
J. Bourgeois, S. S. You, L. H. Clendenen, M. Shrestha, T. Petnicki-Ocwieja, S. Telford, L. Hu
This study compares the ability of three rodent species to support Borrelia burgdorferi infection and transmission, finding higher bacterial burdens in laboratory mice and reduced transmission from white-footed deermice.
bioRxiv · Sep 28, 2023Microbiology