Multitarget Test for Emerging Lyme Disease and Anaplasmosis in a Serosurvey of Dogs, Maine, USA

To determine if the range of deer ticks in Maine had expanded, we conducted a multitarget serosurvey of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in 2007. An extension of exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi to the northern border and local transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophilum throughout southern area...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rand, Peter W., Lacombe, Eleanor H., Elias, Susan P., Cahill, Bruce K., Lubelczyk, Charles B., Smith, Robert P.
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Dispatch
vector-borne infections
Lyme disease
anaplasmosis
tick-borne infections
bacteria
canine serosurvey
Anaplasma phagocytophilum
Borrelia burgdorferi
SNAP 4Dx test
Animals
Dog Diseases
Dogs
Maine
Risk Factors
Canis lupus
Online Access:http://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/24338/
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Summary:To determine if the range of deer ticks in Maine had expanded, we conducted a multitarget serosurvey of domestic dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) in 2007. An extension of exposure to Borrelia burgdorferi to the northern border and local transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophilum throughout southern areas was found.

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