Rodent group borreliae do occur in wild rodents from the Caribbean region of Colombia
This is the first detection of borreliae of the "rodent group" in South America. Our results reaffirm the occurrence of a group of spirochetes associated with rodents, extending its geographic distribution to the Colombian Caribbean.
Authors
- Juan David Ramírez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1344-9312)
- Marina Muñoz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4216-6928)
- Sebastián Muñoz‐Leal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-6466)
- Álvaro A. Faccini‐Martínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1127-0132)
- Alfonso Calderón (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6503-8323)
- Salim Máttar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-4630)
- Yésica López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5266-5790)
- Yeimi López-Mejia
- Camilo Guzmán (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5616-1071)
- Ketty Galeano (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0460-0842)
Institutions
- University of Concepción (CL)
- University of Córdoba (CO)
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia (CO)
- Military University Nueva Granada (CO)
- Hospital Militar Central (CO)
- Universidad del Rosario (CO)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Parasites & Vectors
- Published
- 2024-11-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-024-06560-7
- Primary Topic
- Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Universidad de Córdoba