COINFECTION OF BLACKLEGGED TICKS (ACARI, IXODIDAE) IN DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW-YORK, WITH THE AGENTS OF LYME-DISEASE AND HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS

Authors
SCHAUBER EM GERTZ SJ MAPLE WT OSTFELD RS
Citation
Em. Schauber et al., COINFECTION OF BLACKLEGGED TICKS (ACARI, IXODIDAE) IN DUTCHESS COUNTY, NEW-YORK, WITH THE AGENTS OF LYME-DISEASE AND HUMAN GRANULOCYTIC EHRLICHIOSIS, Journal of medical entomology, 35(5), 1998, pp. 901-903
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology,"Veterinary Sciences",Parasitiology
Journal title
Journal of medical entomology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222585
Volume
35
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
901 - 903
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2585(1998)35:5<901:COBT(I>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Adult blacklegged ticks, bodes scapularis Say, collected from forested sites in Dutchess County NY, were tested for infection with the etiol ogic agents of Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson, Schmid, Hyd e, Steigerwalt & Brenner, and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE). R ates of infection with the 2 pathogens were high and. independent of o ne another, confirming prior findings and suggesting that a variety of hosts may be competent reservoirs of the HGE agent.