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Smith, R.P., Muzaffar, S.B., Lavers, J., Lacombe, E.H., Cahill, B.K., Lubelczyk, C.B., Kinsler, A., Mathers, A.J. and Rand, P.W. (2006) Borrelia garinii in Seabird Ticks (Ixodes uriae), Atlantic Coast, North America. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 12, 1909-1912.
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• TITLE: Detection of Borrelia americana in the Avian Coastal Tick, Ixodes auritulus (Acari: Ixodidae), Collected from a Bird Captured in Canada

  AUTHORS: John D. Scott, Janet E. Foley

  KEYWORDS: Borrelia americana, Lyme Disease, Avian Coastal Tick, Ixodes auritulus, Varied Thrush, Songbird, Bird Parasitism, Canada

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Animal Sciences, Vol.6 No.3, July 12, 2016

  ABSTRACT: We document the first record of Borrelia americana in Canada. This Borrelia was detected in an avian coast tick, Ixodes auritulus (Acari: Ixodidae), collected from a Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius, along coastal British Columbia. Using real-time PCR and DNA sequencing of the flagellin gene, we determined that the borrelial amplicon from the I. auritulus nymph was 99% homologous with B. americana type strain SCW-41. Because patients infected with B. americana can be seronegative for Lyme disease, medical professionals should be willing to pursue molecular analyses and consider treatment for patients with Lyme disease-like symptoms.