MicrobiologybioRxiv
Comparative reservoir competence of Peromyscus leucopus, C57BL/6J, and C3H/HeN for Borrelia burgdorferi B31
J. Bourgeois, S. S. You, L. H. Clendenen…·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.