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From: Nested coevolutionary networks shape the ecological relationships of ticks, hosts, and the Lyme disease bacteria of the Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) complex

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A summary of the epidemiological network of Borrelia burgdorferi (BBG), vertebrates and ticks at the resolution of vertebrate genera. The complete network is available in Additional file 2. The clusters detected in the network are numbered randomly. Each cluster shows the species of ticks and the species of B. burgdorferi that form the cluster as well as the number of genera of vertebrates that are restricted to each cluster. Bar charts show the betweenness centrality and PageRank values for ticks, BBG and vertebrates. The coloured lines show the articulation points of each cluster, which may include species of pathogens or vertebrates (included as genera). Clusters 8 and 10 were used as controls for the computations since they include a species of Borrelia that is not included in the B. burgdorferi group (cluster 8) and one species of tick that is monoxenous on two genera of birds and in which no BBG have been reported (cluster 10). The species of ticks that are in bold typeface are those in which species of pathogens of the B. burgdorferi group have been reported. The species of Borrelia that are in bold typeface are those that are not included in the BBG group but that share vertebrates and ticks with BBG

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