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In the Lyme light: individual trait determinants of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in Peromyscus mice
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Yen, Ivy, Gardner, Allison, Mortelliti, Alessio (2024): In the Lyme light: individual trait determinants of Borrelia burgdorferi infection in Peromyscus mice. Journal of Mammalogy 105 (1): 143-156, DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyad108, URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad108
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