Occurrence of Ixodes pacificus (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae) in Arizona.
Adults and immatures of Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls were collected by flagging vegetation and from lizards during a 3-mo period in the Hualapai Mountain Park, Mohave County, AZ, in 1991. Collections were made at altitudes > or = 2,134 m. Two of 48 gut-salivary gland extracts of adult ticks were positive by IFA using a monoclonal antibody (H5332) specific to Borrelia burgdorferi. These are the first records of I. pacificus and of spirochetes tentatively identified as B. burgdorferi in Arizona.
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Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
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D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology; D001130:Arizona; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000635:transmission; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology
D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal