The Trans-Atlantic Movement of the Spirochete Borrelia garinii : the role of ticks and their seabird hosts

• Main Authors: Muzaffar, SB, Smith, RP, Jones, IL, Lavers, J, Lacombe, EH, Cahill, BK, Lubelczyk, CB, Rand, PW
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of California Press 2012
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Environmental Science and Management; Conservation and Biodiversity; Canada; Gannet Islands; Gull Island; Newfoundland; Alca torda; North Atlantic; Northeast Atlantic; Northwest Atlantic; Uria aalge; Uria lomvia; uria
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520272378.003.0002; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/82890

The spirochete Borrelia garinii , one of three genospecies of B. burgdorferi sensu lato ( B. burdorferi s.l.) that can cause Lyme disease in humans, has recently been isolated from seabirds from a colony in Newfoundland, Canada. Previous records of B. garinii in seabirds suggest that it has been end...