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1. Passive Surveillance of Ixodes scapularis (Say), Their Biting Activity, and Associated Pathogens in Massachusetts

Author:
Hollingsworth, Craig S.,   et al.   ; Xu, Guang; Mather, Thomas N.; Rich, Stephen M.;     Show all 4 Authors
Source:
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases 2016 v.16 no.8 pp. 520-527
ISSN:
1557-7759
Subject:
Anaplasma phagocytophilum; Babesia microti; Borrelia burgdorferi; Ixodes scapularis; adults; head; hosts; humans; mixed infection; monitoring; pathogens; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; seasonal variation; ticks; watersheds; Massachusetts
Abstract:
... A passive surveillance of tick-borne pathogens was conducted over a 7-year period (2006–2012), in which a total of 3551 ticks were submitted to the University of Massachusetts for PCR testing. The vast majority of these ticks were Ixodes scapularis from Massachusetts (N = 2088) and hence were the focus of further analysis. Two TaqMan duplex qPCR assays were developed to test I. scapularis ticks fo ...
DOI:
10.1089/vbz.2015.1912
PubMed:
27248292
PubMed Central:
PMC4960492