Lyme Disease Emergence after Invasion of the Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis, Ontario, Canada, 2010-2016

Author:

Kulkarni, MA, Narula, I, Slatculescu, AM, and Russell, CB

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2019-02

Journal/Series title:

Emerg Infect Dis

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URL:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30666936

Abstract:

Analysis of surveillance data for 2010-2016 in eastern Ontario, Canada, demonstrates the rapid northward spread of Ixodes scapularis ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi, followed by increasing human Lyme disease incidence. Most spread occurred during 2011-2013. Continued monitoring is essential to identify emerging risk areas in this region.