Abstract
Rodent trapping and drag sampling in Van Cortlandt Park, New York City, yielded all stages of Ixodes scapularis, the deer tick vector of Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE). Polymerase chain reaction analyses of the ticks showed Borrelia burgdorferi and the Ehrlichia sp. that causes HGE.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Arachnid Vectors / microbiology
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Borrelia burgdorferi Group / genetics
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Borrelia burgdorferi Group / isolation & purification
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Disease Reservoirs
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Ehrlichia / genetics
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Ehrlichia / isolation & purification
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Ehrlichiosis / transmission*
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Humans
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Ixodes / microbiology*
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Larva / microbiology
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Lyme Disease / transmission*
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New York City
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Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Rodentia / microbiology
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Rodentia / parasitology