A New Borrelia Species Discovered in BC Ticks

Author:

Morshed, M, Lindsay, LR, Lee, M, Dibernardo, A, Galanis, E, Partick, DM, McLaws, M, Henry, B, and Krajden, M

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2016-12

Journal/Series title:

BCMJ

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URL:

https://www.bcmj.org/bccdc/new-borrelia-species-discovered-bc-ticks

Abstract:

Ticks infected with B. mayonii-like spirochetes have now also been discovered in BC—first detected in an Ixodes angustus female nymph that was removed from a dog in June 2016 in the Lower Mainland. The B. mayonii-like species was confirmed by the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg.