| novel potential reservoirs for borrelia sp. and the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in colorado. | previous work demonstrated that ixodes spinipalpis ticks maintained an enzootic cycle of borrelia bissettii and the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (aohge) within woodrats (neotoma mexicana) and deer mice (peromyscus maniculatus) in northern colorado (usa). because i. spinipalpis is the only known vector of b. bissettii and aohge in colorado, this study was designed to determine the reservoir status of other hosts of i. spinipalpis in five distinct ecological zones along the front range ... | 2002 | 12038153 |