High Prevalence ofBorrelia miyamotoiamong Adult Blacklegged Ticks from White-Tailed Deer

作者：Seungeun Han, Graham J. Hickling, Jean I. Tsao · 发表于：Emerging infectious diseases · 年份：2016 · DOI：10.3201/eid2202.151218 · 被引用次数：39 · 研究领域：Vector-borne infectious diseases、Viral Infections and Vectors、Mosquito-borne diseases and control

We compared the prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection in questing and deer-associated adult Ixodes scapularis ticks in Wisconsin, USA. Prevalence among deer-associated ticks (4.5% overall, 7.1% in females) was significantly higher than among questing ticks (1.0% overall, 0.6% in females). Deer may be a sylvatic reservoir for this newly recognized zoonotic pathogen.