title: Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis, southern coastal Maine.
abstract: Ixodes scapularis (deer ticks) from Maine were tested for multiple infections by polymerase chain reaction and immunofluorescence. In 1995, 29.5%, 9.5%, and 1.9% of deer ticks were infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti, respectively. In 1996 and 1997, the number of A. phagocytophilum-infected ticks markedly declined. In 1995 through 1996, 4 (1.3%) of 301 were co-infected.
authors.affiliation: Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Portland, Maine, USA. holmam@mmc.org
authors.forename: Mary S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Holman
authors.forename: Diane A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Caporale
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Eleanor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lacombe
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lubelczyk
authors.forename: Peter W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Rand
authors.forename: Robert P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D041081:Anaplasma phagocytophilum / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D000818:Animals; D041001:Babesia microti / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013997:Time Factors