First isolation of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, removed from a bird in nova Scotia, Canada

Can Commun Dis Rep. 1999 Sep 15;25(18):153-5.
[Article in English, French]
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Borrelia burgdorferi Group / isolation & purification*
  • Borrelia burgdorferi*
  • Canada
  • Disease Vectors*
  • Humans
  • Ixodes / microbiology*
  • Lyme Disease / epidemiology
  • Lyme Disease / microbiology
  • Lyme Disease / transmission*
  • Nova Scotia
  • Songbirds / parasitology*