Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis in a rural New Jersey County.

To assess the potential risk for other tick-borne diseases, we collected 100 adult Ixodes scapularis in Hunterdon County, a rapidly developing rural county in Lyme disease endemic western New Jersey. We tested the ticks by polymerase chain reaction for Borrelia burgdorferi, Babesia microti, and the...

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Autores principales: Varde, S, Beckley, J, Schwartz, I
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1998
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9452402
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Schwartz, I
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description To assess the potential risk for other tick-borne diseases, we collected 100 adult Ixodes scapularis in Hunterdon County, a rapidly developing rural county in Lyme disease endemic western New Jersey. We tested the ticks by polymerase chain reaction for Borrelia burgdorferi, Babesia microti, and the rickettsial agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE). Fifty-five ticks were infected with at least one of the three pathogens: 43 with B. burgdorferi, five with B. microti, and 17 with the HGE agent. Ten ticks were coinfected with two of the pathogens. The results suggest that county residents are at considerable risk for infection by a tick-borne pathogen after an I. scapularis bite.
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spelling pubmed-26276632009-05-20 Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis in a rural New Jersey County. Varde, S Beckley, J Schwartz, I Emerg Infect Dis Research Article To assess the potential risk for other tick-borne diseases, we collected 100 adult Ixodes scapularis in Hunterdon County, a rapidly developing rural county in Lyme disease endemic western New Jersey. We tested the ticks by polymerase chain reaction for Borrelia burgdorferi, Babesia microti, and the rickettsial agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE). Fifty-five ticks were infected with at least one of the three pathogens: 43 with B. burgdorferi, five with B. microti, and 17 with the HGE agent. Ten ticks were coinfected with two of the pathogens. The results suggest that county residents are at considerable risk for infection by a tick-borne pathogen after an I. scapularis bite. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1998 /pmc/articles/PMC2627663/ /pubmed/9452402 Text en
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Varde, S
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Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis in a rural New Jersey County.
title Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis in a rural New Jersey County.
title_full Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis in a rural New Jersey County.
title_fullStr Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis in a rural New Jersey County.
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis in a rural New Jersey County.
title_short Prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis in a rural New Jersey County.
title_sort prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ixodes scapularis in a rural new jersey county.
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9452402
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