title: First isolation of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, removed from a bird in nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.affiliation: Vector-borne Diseases Laboratory, BCCDCS, Vancouver, B.C.
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Morshed
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fernando
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mann
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Isaac-Renton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi; D015748:Borrelia burgdorferi Group / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002170:Canada; D004199:Disease Vectors; D006801:Humans; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D009674:Nova Scotia; D020308:Songbirds / Q000469:parasitology*