| arthropod vectors and vector-borne bacterial pathogens in yosemite national park. | ticks, fleas, and vector-borne pathogens were surveyed in diverse small mammals in yosemite national park, california, from 2005 to 2007. a total of 450 unique captures of small mammals was collected during a 3-yr period and yielded 16 species of fleas and 10 species of ticks, including known vectors of anaplasma phagocytophilum and borrelia burgdorferi and plague. serology was performed for a. phagocytophilum, spotted fever group rickettsia spp., b. burgdorferi, and yersinia pestis. a. phagocyt ... | 2011 | 21337955 |