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. 2004 Jun;42(6):2799-801.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.42.6.2799-2801.2004.

Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Bartonella spp., Babesia microti, and Anaplasma phagocytophila in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Northern New Jersey

Martin E Adelson  1 , Raja-Venkitesh S Rao, Richard C Tilton, Kimberly Cabets, Eugene Eskow, Lesley Fein, James L Occi, Eli Mordechai
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Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, Bartonella spp., Babesia microti, and Anaplasma phagocytophila in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Northern New Jersey

Martin E Adelson et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2004 Jun.

Abstract

PCR analysis of Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in New Jersey identified infections with Borrelia burgdorferi (33.6%), Babesia microti (8.4%), Anaplasma phagocytophila (1.9%), and Bartonella spp. (34.5%). The I. scapularis tick is a potential pathogen vector that can cause coinfection and contribute to the variety of clinical responses noted in some tick-borne disease patients.

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FIG. 1.
Molecular detection of I. scapularis by amplification of 16S rDNA. Lanes: 1, 2, and 5, DNA extracted from I. scapularis; 3 and 4, DNA extracted from D. variabilis; 6, negative water control; M, molecular weight ladder developed in house with bands in decreasing order of size of 2,743, 980, 752, 650 (double intensity), 552, 395, 300, 198, and 104 bp.
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