학술논문
High Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi among Adult Blacklegged Ticks from White-Tailed Deer.
Document Type
Journal Article
Source
Subject
*BORRELIA
*IXODES scapularis
*WHITE-tailed deer
*ZOONOSES
*TICKS
*DISEASES
*BACTERIA classification
*ANIMAL experimentation
*BACTERIA
*DNA
*MAMMALS
*RNA
*TICK infestations
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ISSN
1080-6040
Abstract
We compared the prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection in questing and deer-associated adult Ixodes scapularis ticks in Wisconsin, USA. Prevalence among deer-associated ticks (4.5% overall, 7.1% in females) was significantly higher than among questing ticks (1.0% overall, 0.6% in females). Deer may be a sylvatic reservoir for this newly recognized zoonotic pathogen. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]