Mayo Researchers Identify New Borrelia Species that Causes Lyme Disease

Article sub-heading: Until now, Borrelia burgdorferi was only species believed to cause Lyme disease in North America [Canlyme note: actually, many... View Article

Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Spirochetes in Wild Birds in Northwestern California: Associations with Ecological Factors, Bird Behavior and Tick Infestation

Published: February 25, 2015 Abstract Although Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) are found in a great diversity of vertebrates, most... View Article

UC Berkeley: Study IDs key birds that host Lyme disease bacteria in California

[ CanLyme note: Western Canadian ticks often come from migratory birds from California and other western states. Borrelia bissettii was found... View Article

Remarkable diversity of tick or mammalian-associated Borreliae in the metropolitan San Francisco Bay Area, California

Natalia Fedorova, Joyce E. Kleinjan, David James, Lucia T. Hui, Hans Peeters, Robert S. Lane Abstract The diversity of Lyme... View Article

The prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and co-infections with other Borrelia spp. in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Canada

Antonia Dibernardo, Tyler Cote, Nicholas H Ogden and L Robbin Lindsay Published: 15 April 2014 Abstract (provisional) Background Blacklegged ticks,... View Article

Detection of human bacterial pathogens in ticks collected from Louisiana black bears (Ursus americanus luteolus).

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Investigation of Genotypes of Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected during Surveillance in Canada

Ogden, et al Abstract The genetic diversity of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the agent of Lyme disease in North America,... View Article