Surveillance for Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes Ticks and Small Rodents in British Columbia*

To determine the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in British Columbian ticks, fieldwork was conducted over a 2-year period. In all, 893 ticks (Ixodes pacificus, I. angustus, I. soricis, Ixodes spp., and Dermacentor andersoni) of different life stages were retrieved from 483 small rodents (Peromysc...

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Main Authors: Morshed, Muhammad G., Lee, Min-Kuang, Man, Stephanie, Fernando, Keerthi, Wong, Quantine, Hojgaard, Andrias, Tang, Patrick, Mak, Sunny, Henry, Bonnie, Patrick, David M.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4652138/