Rickettsia infection rate along an altitudinal gradient as influenced by population genetic structure of Ixodid ticks
Maria Angenica F. Regilme, Megumi Sato, Tsutomu Tamura, Reiko Arai, Marcello Otake Sato, Sumire Ikeda, Kozo Watanabe
This study examines Rickettsia infection rates in Ixodid ticks along an altitudinal gradient, finding significant genetic differentiation and spatially heterogeneous infection rates in I. ovatus.
bioRxiv · Jul 20, 2022 · PreprintMolecular Biology