High Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi among Adult Blacklegged Ticks from White-Tailed Deer.

ABSTRACT: We compared the prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection in questing and deer-associated adult Ixodes scapularis ticks in Wisconsin, USA. Prevalence among deer-associated ticks (4.5% overall, 7.1% in females) was significantly higher than among questing ticks (1.0% overall, 0.6% in females). Deer may be a sylvatic reservoir for this newly recognized zoonotic pathogen.

SUBMITTER: Han S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4734535 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature