Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Stricto DNA in Field-Collected Haemaphysalis longicornis Ticks, Pennsylvania, United States

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Price, Keith J. ; Graham, Christine B. ; Witmier, Bryn J. ; Chapman, Holly A. ; Coder, Brooke L. ; Boyer, Christian N. ; Foster, Erik ; Maes, Sarah E. ; Bai, Ying ; Eisen, Rebecca J. ; Kyle, Andrew D.
• Description:
  We collected questing Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks from southeastern counties of Pennsylvania, USA. Of 263 ticks tested by PCR for pathogens, 1 adult female was positive for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, yielding a 0.4% infection rate. Continued monitoring of this invasive tick is essential to determine its public health role.
• Subjects:
  Animals Borrelia Burgdorferi Borrelia Burgdorferi Group DNA Female Ixodes Ixodidae Lyme Disease Ticks
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 27(2):608-611
• Pubmed ID:
  33496234
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7853548
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  27
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:a4cc39ac5c6420ddf43d3d42b84500a3aef375d13422ff8536e7ccd492e92790
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/102445/cdc_102445_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 482.97 KB ]