Journal
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Volume 51, Issue 5, Pages 1087-1090Publisher
ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1603/ME14053
Keywords
Ixodes scapularis; Dermacentor variabilis; North Dakota; Lyme disease
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- North Dakota Game and Fish Department
- North Dakota Department of Health
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Ticks were sampled at nine locations throughout North Dakota during early summer of 2010, using flagging techniques and small mammals trapping. In total, 1,762 ticks were collected from eight of the nine locations. The dominant species were Dermacentor variabilis (Say) (82%), found throughout the state, and Ixodes scapularis Say (17%), found in northeastern counties. A few nymphal and adult I. scapularis tested positive for Borrelia burgdorferi (3%) and Anaplasma phagocytophilum (8%). This is the first report of I. scapularis and associated pathogens occurring in North Dakota and provides evidence for continued westward expansion of this important vector tick species in the United States.
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