Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, and Borrelia burgdorferi in Ixodes scapularis, Southern Coastal Maine

Mary S. Holman*

, Diane A. Caporale†¹, John Goldberg*, Eleanor Lacombe*, Charles Lubelczyk*, Peter W. Rand*, and Robert P. Smith*

Author affiliations: *Vector-borne Disease Laboratory, Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Portland, Maine, USA; †University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA

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A. Counties in southern Maine where ticks were collected. B. Four towns where ticks infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum or Babesia microti were found.

Figure. A. Counties in southern Maine where ticks were collected. B. Four towns where ticks infected with Anaplasma phagocytophilum or Babesia microti were found.

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¹Dr. Caporale was working at the University of Maine at Orono at the time of the study. She is currently at the Department of Biology, University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, Stevens Point, WI.

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