title: Analysis of the intergenic sequences provided by Feria-Arroyo et al. does not support the claim of high Borrelia burgdorferi tick infection rates in Texas and northeastern Mexico.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston 77225-0708, TX, USA. Steven.J.Norris@uth.tmc.edu.
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Norris
authors.forename: Alan G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Barbour
authors.forename: Durland
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fish
authors.forename: Maria A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Diuk-Wasser
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000818:Animals; D001179:Arthropod Vectors / Q000502:physiology*; D018884:Ixodes / Q000502:physiology*; D008193:Lyme Disease / Q000635:transmission*