An initial investigation of the status of Borrellia burgodorferi and its suspected primary vector, Ixodes scapularis, in South Carolina.
Based on a survey of hunter-harvested deer, the suspected primary vector of Lyme disease in the Southeast, I. scapularis, is most prevalent in sandhill and coastal plain counties of South Carolina. None of 271 I. scapularis examined were found to be infected with the Lyme disease spirochete. However, many more specimens of I. scapularis, A. americanum, and other tick species must be examined before an accurate estimate of the probability of acquiring Lyme disease in South Carolina can be made.
Barton
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Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences, Clemson University, S.C.
Gray
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Shipes
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D000818:Animals; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003670:Deer / Q000469:parasitology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D013022:South Carolina; D013987:Ticks / Q000382:microbiology*