Borrelia Burgdorferi in Ixodes Scapularis Adult Female Ticks, Wisconsin 2010-2013

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2014-04
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Kruger, Alyssa
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Turtinen, Lloyd W.
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Abstract
The purpose of this four-year study was to survey questing adult female Ixodes scapularis tick populations from 21 west-central Wisconsin counties for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria. This bacterium, which is transmitted by a tick bite, is responsible for Lyme disease in humans and other animals.
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Borrelia burgdorfei--Testing
Ticks as carriers of disease--Testing
Lyme disease--Wisconsin
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