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Scott, J.D., Clark, K.L., Foley, J.E., Bierman, B.C. and Durden, L.A. (2018) Far-Reaching Dispersal of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato-Infected Blacklegged Ticks by Migratory Songbirds in Canada. Healthcare, 6, Article 89.
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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.