First isolation of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, removed from a bird in nova Scotia, Canada.
Morshed
M G
MG
Vector-borne Diseases Laboratory, BCCDCS, Vancouver, B.C.
Scott
J D
JD
Banerjee
S N
SN
Banerjee
M
M
Fitzgerald
T
T
Fernando
K
K
Mann
R
R
Isaac-Renton
J
J
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*