Lyme disease (Lyme borreliosis) is a tick-borne, zoonosis of adults and children caused by
genospecies of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato complex. The ailment, widespread …

The dynamics of infectious diseases can be affected by genetic diversity within host
populations, species diversity within host communities, and diversity among communities. In …

This work examines the emergence and causes of new diseases all over the world,
describing a process called" spillover" where illness originates in wild animals before being …

Wild birds are important to public health because they carry emerging zoonotic pathogens,
either as a reservoir host or by dispersing infected arthropod vectors. In addition, bird …

The evolutionary ecology of many emerging infectious diseases, particularly vector-borne
zoonoses, is poorly understood. Here, we aim to develop a biological, process-based …

During the spring in 2005 and 2006, 39,095 northward-migrating land birds were captured
at 12 bird observatories in eastern Canada to investigate the role of migratory birds in …

The importance of wild birds as potential vectors of disease has received recent renewed
empirical interest, especially regarding human health. Understanding the spread of bacterial …

In order to understand the population structure and dynamics of bacterial microorganisms,
typing systems that accurately reflect the phylogenetic and evolutionary relationship of the …

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl), the tick-borne agent of Lyme borreliosis, is a bacterial
species complex comprising 11 genospecies. Here, we discuss whether the delineation of …

Since the discovery of the Lyme disease spirochete in North America in 1982 and in Europe
in 1983, a plethora of studies on this unique group of spirochetes that comprise Borrelia …