Tick infestations of wildlife and companion animals in Ontario, Canada, with detection of human pathogens in Ixodes scapularis ticks.

Author:

Smith, K, Oesterle, PT, Jardine, CM, Dibernardo, A, Huynh, AC, Lindsay, LR, Pearl, DL, and Nemeth, NM

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2019-01

Journal/Series title:

Ticks Tick Borne Dis

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URL:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30206012

Abstract:

The objectives of this study were to investigate the geographic distribution and magnitude of tick infestations in opportunistically sampled mammalian wildlife and companion animals (i.e., dogs) in southern Ontario and to test these ticks for evidence of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens.