Migratory songbirds disperse ticks across Canada, and first isolation of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from the avian tick, Ixodes auritulus.

Morshed, Muhammad G

Migratory songbirds disperse ticks across Canada, and first isolation of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from the avian tick, Ixodes auritulus. [electronic resource] - The Journal of parasitology Aug 2005 - 780-90 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0022-3395

10.1645/GE-3437.1 doi


Animals
Arachnid Vectors--microbiology
Base Sequence
Bird Diseases--epidemiology
Borrelia burgdorferi--isolation & purification
Canada--epidemiology
DNA, Bacterial--chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal--chemistry
Female
Ixodes--microbiology
Ixodidae--physiology
Lyme Disease--transmission
Molecular Sequence Data
Polymerase Chain Reaction--veterinary
RNA, Ribosomal--genetics
Sequence Analysis, DNA--veterinary
Songbirds--parasitology
Tick Infestations--epidemiology