Influences of Host Community Characteristics on Borrelia burgdorferi Infection Prevalence in Blacklegged Ticks

Holly B. Vuong; Grace S. Chiu; Peter E. Smouse; Dina M. Fonseca; Dustin Brisson; Peter J. Morin; Richard S. Ostfeld

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167810

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Influences of Host Community Characteristics on Borrelia burgdorferi Infection Prevalence in Blacklegged Ticks

Holly B. Vuong ,

* E-mail: hollyvuong.work@gmail.com

Current address: Center for Vaccine and Immunology, University of Georgia Athens, GA, United States of America

Affiliations Rutgers University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, New Brunswick, NJ, United States of America, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2071-402X

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Grace S. Chiu,

Affiliation Research School of Finance, Actuarial Studies and Statistics, College of Business and Economics, Building 26C, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Peter E. Smouse,

Affiliation Rutgers University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, New Brunswick, NJ, United States of America
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Dina M. Fonseca,

Affiliations Rutgers University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, New Brunswick, NJ, United States of America, Rutgers University, Department of Entomology, 180 Jones Ave., New Brunswick, NJ, United States of America
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Dustin Brisson,

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania, Department of Biology, 209 Leidy Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Peter J. Morin,

Affiliation Rutgers University, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, New Brunswick, NJ, United States of America
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Richard S. Ostfeld

Affiliation Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, 2801 Sharon Turnpike, Millbrook, NY, United States of America
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Influences of Host Community Characteristics on Borrelia burgdorferi Infection Prevalence in Blacklegged Ticks

Holly B. Vuong,
Grace S. Chiu,
Peter E. Smouse,
Dina M. Fonseca,
Dustin Brisson,
Peter J. Morin,
Richard S. Ostfeld

Published: January 17, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167810

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Lab Analyses update

Posted by hvuong on 12 Mar 2017 at 16:00 GMT

The following line under Lab Analyses should say:

For 2009 samples, we used new outer primers OC-368F/OC693R and new inner primers OC4+F/OC643 for the nested PCR [41].

The change is from semi-nested to nested.

No competing interests declared.

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