First Record of Ixodes affinis Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Infected with Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Collected from a Migratory Songbird in Canada

Author:

Scott, J, Foley, J, Durden, L, Manord, J, and Smith, M

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Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2016-06

Journal/Series title:

J Bacteriol Parasitol

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URL:

http://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/first-record-of-ixodes-affinis-tick-acari...

Abstract:

The aim of the present study was to expound on the movement of songbird-transported ticks in the Northern Hemisphere during northward spring migration, and report any novel tick-host associations in Canada. In addition, we wanted to determine whether any ticks on Neotropical and southern temperate songbirds are infected with B. burgdorferi s.l.