Distribution of Ticks and the Risk of Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Pathogens of Public Health Significance in Ontario, Canada.

Author:

Clow, KM, Ogden, NH, Lindsay, LR, Michel, P, Pearl, DL, and Jardine, CM

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2016-04

Journal/Series title:

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis.

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URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26870937

Abstract:

In this study, we conducted field sampling consistent with an active surveillance approach from May to October 2014 at 104 sites in central, eastern, and southern Ontario to determine the current distribution of I. scapularis and other tick species, and enhance our understanding of the geographic risk associated with Borrelia burgdorferi and other tick-borne pathogens of public health significance in this region.