2000•PubMedOpen access

Presence of spirochete causing Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in southern Ontario.

Satyendra N. Banerjee, Maya Banerjee, Keerthi Fernando, John D. Scott, Robert B. Mann, Muhammad Morshed

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Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne disease in North America, is a multisystemic illness of humans and domestic animals caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (in the broad sense).[1][1] Small mammals are the main reservoir hosts for this bacterium, and Ixodes scapularis (

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Key concepts: Ixodes scapularis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Lyme disease, Ixodes, Tick, Biology, Borrelia, Virology