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Transovarial transmission of Borrelia spirochetes by Ixodes scapularis: a summary of the literature and recent observations.

Lindsay Rollend, D. Fish, J. Childs

2013.2.1Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2012.06.008

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New data is presented indicating the transovarially transmitted agent is actually Borrelia miyamotoi, which is antigenically and phylogenetically related to B. burgdorferi, although more closely related to the relapsing fever-group BorrelIA typically transmitted by soft ticks (Argasidae).

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ROLLEND, Lindsay; FISH, D.; CHILDS, J. Transovarial transmission of borrelia spirochetes by ixodes scapularis: A summary of the literature and recent observations. Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2013, 4 1-2: 46–51.