Serologic Evidence for the Exposure of Eastern Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Pennsylvania to the Tick-Borne Pathogens Borreliella burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum

Serologic Evidence for the Exposure of Eastern Coyotes (Canis latrans) in Pennsylvania to the Tick-Borne Pathogens Borreliella burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum

The incidence of Lyme disease (Borreliella burgdorferi) and anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum) are increasing in North America and Europe. The causative agents of these debilitating tick-transmitted infections are maintained in nature in an enzootic cycle involving Ixodes ticks and diverse mam...

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Main Authors: Jerilyn R. Izac, Andrew C. Camire, Edward J. A. Schuler, Amanda L. Hatke, Nathaniel S. O’Bier, Lee D. Oliver, Avery Corondi, Olivia C. Plocinski, Russell P. Desmond, Waheeda A. Naimi, Jason A. Carlyon, Kyle R. Van Why, Jennifer Shelly, Richard T. Marconi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2020-08-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
anaplasma
borrelia
borreliella
coyote
ixodes
lyme disease
canis latrans
dbpa
eastern coyotes
p44
vlse
canines
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00544-20

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https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00544-20

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