Detection of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, including three novel genotypes in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from songbirds (Passeriformes) across Canada

Author:

Scott, JD, Lee, MK, Fernando, K, Durden, LA, Jorgensen, DR, Mak, S, and Morshed, M

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2010-06

Journal/Series title:

Journal of Vector Ecology

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URL:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00068.x

Abstract:

In this three-year, bird-tick-pathogen study (2004–2006), 366 ticks representing 12 species were collected from 151 songbirds (31 passerine species/subspecies) at 16 locations Canada-wide.