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Hindi Research Article, J Vet Sci Med Diagn Vol: 2 Issue: 4
First Detection of Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in Ticks Collected from a Raptor in Canada
| John D Scott1*, John F Anderson2 and Lance A Durden3 | |
| 1Research Division, Lyme Disease Association of Ontario, 365 St. David St. South, Fergus, Ontario, Canada | |
| 2The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA | |
| 3Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, 4324 Old Register Road, Statesboro, GA 30458, USA | |
| Corresponding author : John D Scott Research Division, Lyme Disease Association of Ontario, 365 St. David St. South, Fergus, Ontario, Canada Tel: 519-843-3646; Fax: 519-843-6550 E-mail: jkscott@bserv.com |
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| Received: September 13, 2013 Accepted: November 04, 2013 Published: November 08, 2013 | |
| Citation: Scott JD, Anderson JF, Durden LA (2013) First Detection of Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in Ticks Collected from a Raptor in Canada. J Vet Sci Med Diagn 2:4. doi:10.4172/2325-9590.1000123 |
Abstract
First Detection of Lyme Disease Spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in Ticks Collected from a Raptor in Canada
During a pan-Canadian tick-host study, we detected the spirochetal bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, which causes Lyme disease, in ticks collected from a raptor. Lyme disease is one of a number of zoonotic, tick-borne diseases causing morbidity and mortality worldwide. Larvae of the avian coastal tick, Ixodes auritulus, were collected by wildlife rehabilitators from a Cooper’s hawk, Accipiter cooperii, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Using PCR amplification of the linear plasmid ospA gene of B. burgdorferi, 4 (18%) of 22 larvae were positive.
