Infection history of the blood-meal host dictates pathogenic potential of the Lyme disease spirochete within the feeding tick vector

Bharti Bhatia; Chad Hillman; Valentina Carracoi; Britney N. Cheff; Kit Tilly; Patricia A. Rosa

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006959

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Infection history of the blood-meal host dictates pathogenic potential of the Lyme disease spirochete within the feeding tick vector

Bharti Bhatia,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT United States of America
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Chad Hillman,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT United States of America
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Valentina Carracoi,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT United States of America
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Britney N. Cheff,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7522-0110

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Kit Tilly,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT United States of America
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Patricia A. Rosa

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: prosa@niaid.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Bacteriology, Rocky Mountain Laboratories, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Hamilton, MT United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9489-3406

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Infection history of the blood-meal host dictates pathogenic potential of the Lyme disease spirochete within the feeding tick vector

Bharti Bhatia,
Chad Hillman,
Valentina Carracoi,
Britney N. Cheff,
Kit Tilly,
Patricia A. Rosa

Published: April 5, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006959

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