Surveillance for Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes Ticks and Small Rodents in British Columbia.
To determine the prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in British Columbian ticks, fieldwork was conducted over a 2-year period. In all, 893 ticks (Ixodes pacificus, I. angustus, I. soricis, Ixodes spp., and Dermacentor andersoni) of different life stages were retrieved from 483 small rodents (Peromyscus maniculatus, Perognathus parvus, and Reithrodontomys megalotis). B. burgdorferi DNA was detected in 5 out of 359 tick pools, and 41 out of 483 mice were serologically confirmed to have antibodies against B. burgdorferi. These results were consistent with previous studies, data from passive surveillance in British Columbia, and data from neighboring states in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting a continually low prevalence of B. burgdorferi in British Columbia ticks.
1 British Columbia Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .|2 University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .
Muhammad G
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Morshed
1 British Columbia Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .
Min-Kuang
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Lee
1 British Columbia Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .
Stephanie
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Man
1 British Columbia Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .
Keerthi
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Fernando
1 British Columbia Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .
Quantine
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Wong
3 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , Fort Collins, Colorado.
Andrias
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Hojgaard
1 British Columbia Public Health Microbiology and Reference Laboratory , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .|2 University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .
Patrick
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Tang
4 British Columbia Centre for Disease Control , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .
Sunny
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Mak
2 University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .|5 British Columbia Ministry of Health , Victoria, British Columbia, Canada .
Bonnie
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Henry
2 University of British Columbia , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .|4 British Columbia Centre for Disease Control , Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada .
David M
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Patrick
D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000382:microbiology; D025065:Borrelia burgdorferi / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D001955:British Columbia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000097:blood; D003870:Dermacentor / Q000382:microbiology*; D018884:Ixodes / Q000382:microbiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012377:Rodentia / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D013984:Tick Infestations / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial
Borrelia burgdorferi; Lyme disease; Mice; PCR; Surveillance; Ticks