Why such a contrast between the low prevalence of zoonotic pathogens in questing ticks and the high prevalence in their verterbrate reservoir hosts?

Suzanne Bastian (1) , Albert Agoulon (1) , Xavier Bailly (2) , Alain Butet (3) , Amélie Chastagner (2) , Thierry Hoch (1) , Maggy Jouglin (1) , Laurence Malandrin (1) , Karen D. Mccoy (4) , Grégoire Perez (3) , Olivier Plantard (1) , Hélène Verheyden (5) , Gwenaël Vourc’h (2)

1 BIOEPAR - Biologie, Epidémiologie et analyse de risque en Santé Animale
2 UMR EPIA - Unité Mixte de Recherche d'Épidémiologie des maladies Animales et zoonotiques
3 ECOBIO - Ecosystèmes, biodiversité, évolution [Rennes]
4 MIVEGEC-EVCO - Evolution of host-microbe communities
5 CEFS - Unité de recherche Comportement et Ecologie de la Faune Sauvage

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Biodiversity and Ecology

Suzanne Bastian, Albert Agoulon, Xavier Bailly, Alain Butet, Amélie Chastagner, et al.. Why such a contrast between the low prevalence of zoonotic pathogens in questing ticks and the high prevalence in their verterbrate reservoir hosts?. Pathobiome 2018 “Pathogens in microbiota in hosts”, Mar 2018, Ajaccio, France. ⟨hal-02418162⟩