Established Population of Blacklegged Ticks with High Infection Prevalence for the Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, on Corkscrew Island, Kenora District, Ontario

Author:

Scott, JD, Foley, JE, Clark, KL, Anderson, JF, Durden, LA, Manord, JM, and Smith, ML

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2016-10

Journal/Series title:

Int. J. Med. Sci.

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URL:

http://www.medsci.org/v13p0881.pdf

Abstract:

Corkscrew Island is hyperendemic for Lyme disease and has the highest prevalence of B. burgdorferi s.l. for any established population in Canada. Because of this very high infection prevalence, this population of I. scapularis has likely been established for decades.