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Mosquitoes and soft ticks cannot transmit Lyme disease spirochetes

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    Franz-Rainer Matuschka & Dania Richter

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Matuschka, FR., Richter, D. Mosquitoes and soft ticks cannot transmit Lyme disease spirochetes. Parasitol Res 88, 283–284 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-001-0584-1

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