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SUBMITTER: Scott JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5332844 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scott John D JD Foley Janet E JE Anderson John F JF Clark Kerry L KL Durden Lance A LA
International journal of medical sciences 20170208 2
We document the presence of blacklegged ticks, <i>Ixodes scapularis</i>, in the Grand River valley, Centre Wellington, Ontario. Overall, 15 (36%) of 42 <i>I. scapularis</i> adults collected from 41 mammalian hosts (dogs, cats, humans) were positive for the Lyme disease bacterium, <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> sensu lato (s.l.). Using real-time PCR testing and DNA sequencing of the flagellin (<i>fla</i>) gene, we determined that <i>Borrelia</i> amplicons extracted from <i>I. scapularis</i> adults b ...[more]