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. 2019 Feb;25(2):328-332.
doi: 10.3201/eid2502.180771.

Lyme Disease Emergence after Invasion of the Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis, Ontario, Canada, 2010-2016

Manisha A Kulkarni, Isha Narula, Andreea M Slatculescu, Curtis Russell

Lyme Disease Emergence after Invasion of the Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis, Ontario, Canada, 2010-2016

Manisha A Kulkarni et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2019 Feb.

Abstract

Analysis of surveillance data for 2010-2016 in eastern Ontario, Canada, demonstrates the rapid northward spread of Ixodes scapularis ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi, followed by increasing human Lyme disease incidence. Most spread occurred during 2011-2013. Continued monitoring is essential to identify emerging risk areas in this region.

Keywords: Borrelia burgdorferi; Canada; Ixodes scapularis; Lyme disease; bacteria; blacklegged tick; epidemiology; tickborne diseases; vector-borne disease.

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Annual prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis ticks from passive tick surveillance, based on forward sortation area of tick submitter, 3 public health units, eastern Ontario, Canada, 2010–2016.
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Spatiotemporal spread of human Lyme disease incidence, 3 public health units, eastern Ontario, Canada, 2010–2016. Annual Lyme disease incidence estimated from notifiable disease surveillance and population data based on forward sortation area of patient residence.
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