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Science 15 April 1983:
Vol. 220. no. 4594, pp. 321 - 322
DOI: 10.1126/science.6836274
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Science, Vol 220, Issue 4594, 321-322
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Natural Distribution of the Ixodes dammini spirochete

EM Bosler, JL Coleman, JL Benach, DA Massey, JP Hanrahan, W Burgdorfer, and AG Barbour

Spirochetes believed to be the cause of Lyme disease were isolated from white-footed mice and white-tailed deer, the preferred natural hosts of Ixodes dammini, the tick vector. Evidence suggests that deer act as a reservoir of the disease and provide an overwintering mechanism for both spirochetes and adult ticks. Some tick larvae may acquire the spirochete by transovarial passage and the nymphal stage may transmit the disease to humans.


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