Publications
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| geographic survey of vector ticks (ixodes scapularis and ixodes pacificus) for infection with the lyme disease spirochete, borrelia burgdorferi. | populations of adult ixodes scapularis and ixodes pacificus, the two principal vectors of lyme disease spirochetes in the united states, were collected from 17 sites in 12 states. female ticks were fed on experimental rabbits; ticks and rabbits were subsequently examined for infection with borrelia burgdorferi. fourteen rabbits were exposed to i. scapularis ticks from the northeastern states of connecticut, new york, new jersey, and maryland; all 14 rabbits became infected with b. burgdorferi. a ... | 1999 | 10436883 |