Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis, southern coastal Maine.
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.
Holman
Mary S
MS
Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Portland, Maine, USA. holmam@mmc.org
Caporale
Diane A
DA
Goldberg
John
J
Lacombe
Eleanor
E
Lubelczyk
Charles
C
Rand
Peter W
PW
Smith
Robert P
RP
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