Maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. diversity in enzootic cycles

Abstract

Chapter1 General introduction Chapter 2 Few vertebrate species dominate the Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. life cycle Chapter 3 Geodemographic analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato using the 5S-23S rDNA spacer region Chapter 4 Contribution of rodent species to maintenance of tickborne pathogens in enzootic cycles Chapter 5 Spatiotemporal dynamics of emerging pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus Chapter 6 Imbalanced presence of Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. multilocus sequence types in clinical manifestations of Lyme borreliosis