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
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1998
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627663/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9452402

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