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Scott, J.D., Foley, J.E., Anderson, J.F., Clark, K.L. and Durden, L.A. (2017) Detection of Lyme Disease Bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, in Blacklegged Ticks Collected in the Grand River Valley, Ontario, Canada. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 14, 150-158.
https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.17763

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• TITLE: Molecular Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia odocoilei, and Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected in Veterinary Clinics in Southern Wellington County, Ontario, Canada

  AUTHORS: John Donald Scott, Catherine Marie Scott

  KEYWORDS: Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis, Established Population, Tick-Borne Zoonotic Diseases, Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, Babesia odocoilei, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Pathogen, Veterinary Clinics

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Infectious Diseases, Vol.16 No.1, March 24, 2026

  ABSTRACT: Tick-borne zoonotic diseases are sinister afflictions to mankind world-wide. A total of 96 adults of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, were collected in southern Wellington County. Using molecular analysis, three pathogens were detected, namely Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.), 24/96 (25%), Babesia odocoilei, 15/96 (16%), and Anaplasma phagocytophilum, 1/96 (1%). A single co-infection consisting of B. burgdorferi s.l. and A. phagocytophilum was also detected. We report the first tick-host-pathogen study in southern Wellington County. Overall, 16 established populations were discovered. If clinicians only test and treat patients for the Lyme disease bacterium, they miss 40% of the tick-borne zoonotic infections.