Passive Tick Surveillance: Exploring Spatiotemporal Associations of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae), Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae), and Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) Infection in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

• Published in: Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) Vol. 20; no. 3; p. 177
• Main Authors: Little, Eliza A H, Molaei, Goudarz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.03.2020
• Subjects: Anaplasma phagocytophilum - isolation & purification; Animals; Babesia microti - isolation & purification; Borrelia burgdorferi - isolation & purification; Connecticut; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Ixodes - microbiology; Connecticut; Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; passive surveillance; Babesia microti; Connecticut

transmits a group of pathogens, including , , and , the causative agents for Lyme disease, babesiosis, and anaplasmosis, respectively. ticks submitted by state residents to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station-Tick Testing Laboratory between 2015 and 2018 were screened using standard PCR...