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- Title
Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, B. miyamotoi, and Powassan Virus in Residents Bitten by Ixodes Ticks, Maine, USA.
- Authors
Smith Jr., Robert P.; Elias, Susan P.; Cavanaugh, Catherine E.; Lubelczyk, Charles B.; Lacombe, Eleanor H.; Brancato, Janna; Doyle, Hester; Rand, Peter W.; Ebel, Gregory D.; Krause, Peter J.; Smith, Robert P Jr
- Abstract
We conducted a serosurvey of 230 persons in Maine, USA, who had been bitten by Ixodes scapularis or I. cookei ticks. We documented seropositivity for Borrelia burgdorferi (13.9%) and B. miyamotoi (2.6%), as well as a single equivocal result (0.4%) for Powassan encephalitis virus.
- Subjects
MAINE; UNITED States; BORRELIA burgdorferi; TICKS; IXODES; IXODES scapularis
- Publication
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 4, p804
- ISSN
1080-6040
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.3201/eid2504.180202