| detection of a borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato relapsing-fever group spirochete from ixodes pacificus in california. | we investigated whether host-seeking nymphs and adults of the western blacklegged tick, ixodes pacificus cooley & kohls, the primary vector of lyme disease spirochetes in far-western north america, are infected naturally with relapsing-fever group spirochetes in mendocino county, california. relapsing-fever group borreliae were detected in four (1.7%) of 234 nymphal and two (0.7%) of 282 adult host-seeking i. pacificus ticks by polymerase chain reaction and sequence analysis of the 16s rrna and ... | 2006 | 16506458 |
| tick-borne pathogens in northwestern california, usa. | | 2014 | 24565119 |
| survey of ixodes pacificus ticks in california reveals a diversity of microorganisms and a novel and widespread anaplasmataceae species. | ixodes pacificus ticks can harbor a wide range of human and animal pathogens. to survey the prevalence of tick-borne known and putative pathogens, we tested 982 individual adult and nymphal i. pacificus ticks collected throughout california between 2007 and 2009 using a broad-range pcr and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (pcr/esi-ms) assay designed to detect a wide range of tick-borne microorganisms. overall, 1.4% of the ticks were found to be infected with borrelia burgdorferi, 2.0% w ... | 2015 | 26375033 |
| unique strain of borrelia miyamotoi in ixodes pacificus ticks, california, usa. | | 2016 | 27479523 |
| remarkable diversity of tick or mammalian-associated borreliae in the metropolitan san francisco bay area, california. | the diversity of lyme disease (ld) and relapsing fever (rf)-group spirochetes in the metropolitan san francisco bay area in northern california is poorly understood. we tested ixodes pacificus, i. spinipalpis, and small mammals for presence of borreliae in alameda county in the eastern portion of san francisco bay between 2009 and 2012. analyses of 218 borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (bb sl) culture or dna isolates recovered from host-seeking i. pacificus ticks revealed that the human pathogen b ... | 2014 | 25129859 |
| prevalence of borrelia miyamotoi in ixodes ticks in europe and the united states. | borrelia miyamotoi, a relapsing fever-related spirochete transmitted by ixodes ticks, has been recently shown to be a human pathogen. to characterize the prevalence of this organism in questing ixodes ticks, we tested 2,754 ticks for a variety of tickborne pathogens by pcr and electrospray-ionization mass spectrometry. ticks were collected from california, new york, connecticut, pennsylvania, and indiana in the united states and from germany and the czech republic in europe from 2008 through 201 ... | 2014 | 25280366 |