Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, Detected in Multiple Tick Species at Kenora, Ontario, Canada

Author:

Scott, JD, Clark, KL, Anderson, JF, Foley, JE, Young, MR, and Durden, LA

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2017-01

Journal/Series title:

J. Bacteriol Parasitol

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URL:

https://www.longdom.org/open-access/lyme-disease-bacterium-borrelia-burgdorferi-...

Abstract:

Our findings indicate that there may be a wide-ranging enzootic transmission cycle of B. burgdorferi s.l. within the ecosystem throughout the Kenora area. The health-care profession must be fully cognisant that Lyme disease is present in the Kenora area, and is a public health risk.