Geographic risk for Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Southern New York State
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A study was conducted to investigate the risk of infection by Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in Hudson Valley, NY, based on the distribution and density of Ixodes scapularis. Findings indicated that the risk of contacting tick-borne disease varied significantly from site to site. Results also showed that populations of I. scapularis have spread northward and westward through he lower Hudson Valley from Westchester County.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 1998
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Interaction and transmission of two Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains in a tick-rodent maintenance system
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A laboratory system with Peromyscus leucopus mice and Ixodes scapularis ticks were used to study the influence of genetic differences in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains on transmission dynamics in nature. Results showed that strains like B348 may be more effectively maintained in different tick-vertebrate transmission cycles.
Publication Name: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Subject: Biological sciences
ISSN: 0099-2240
Year: 2004
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