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- Title
Recent discovery of widespread Ixodes ainis (Acari: Ixodidae) distribution in North Carolina with implications for Lyme disease studies.
- Authors
Harrison, Bruce A.; Rayburn Jr., Walker H.; Toliver, Marcee; Powell, Eugene E.; Engber, Barry R.; Durden, Lance A.; Robbins, Richard G.; Prendergast, Brian F.; Whitt, Parker B.
- Abstract
Ixodes affinis, which is similar morphologically to Ixodes scapularis, is widely distributed in North Carolina. Collections have documented this species in 32 of 41 coastal plain counties, but no piedmont or mountain counties. This coastal plain distribution is similar to its distribution in Georgia and South Carolina, where it is considered an enzootic vector of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto. An updated list of hosts for I. affinis in the U.S.A. is included, increasing the number to 15 mammal and one bird species. The presence of questing adults of I. affinis from April to November reinforces the need for confirmed identifications of suspected tick vectors of Borrelia spirochetes collected during warm months.
- Subjects
NORTH Carolina; IXODES; IXODES scapularis; IDENTIFICATION of animals; ZOOGEOGRAPHY; HOSTS (Biology); BORRELIA; LYME disease
- Publication
Journal of Vector Ecology, 2010, Vol 35, Issue 1, p174
- ISSN
1081-1710
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1948-7134.2010.00074.x