Research Article - (2016) Volume 7, Issue 3

First Record of Ixodes affinis Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Infected with Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Collected from a Migratory Songbird in Canada

John D Scott1*, Kerry L Clark2, Janet E Foley3, Lance A Durden4, Jodi M Manord2 and Morgan L Smith2
1Research Division, Lyme Ontario, 365 St. David Street South, Fergus, Ontario, Canada
2Epidemiology & Environmental Health, Department of Public Health, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA
3Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
4Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, 4324 Old Register Road, Statesboro, Georgia 30458, USA
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