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Volume 24, Number 11—November 2018
Research

Detection of Tickborne Relapsing Fever Spirochete, Austin, Texas, USA

Jack D. Bissett, Suzanne Ledet, Aparna Krishnavajhala, Brittany A. Armstrong, Anna Klioueva, Christopher Sexton, Adam Replogle, Martin E. Schriefer, and Job E. LopezComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Seton Medical Center, Austin Texas, USA (J.D. Bissett, S. Ledet); Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (A. Krishnavajhala, B.A. Armstrong, J.E. Lopez); Austin Public Health, Austin (A. Klioueva); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (C. Sexton, A. Replogle, M.E. Schriefer)

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Figure 3

Location of collection sites for Ornithodors turicata ticks, Austin Texas, USA. Two rodent dens (insets) were located at a base of an oak tree. Carbon dioxide traps were placed at the openings until ticks emerged. Borrelia turicatae isolates BRP1 and BRP1a originated from ticks that were collected from the den shown at bottom left, and isolate BRP2 originated from the den shown at the bottom right.

Figure 3. Location of collection sites for Ornithodors turicata ticks, Austin Texas, USA. Two rodent dens (insets) were located at the base of an oak tree. Carbon dioxide traps were placed at the openings until ticks emerged. Borrelia turicatae isolates BRP1 and BRP1a originated from ticks that were collected from the den shown at bottom left, and isolate BRP2 originated from the den shown at the bottom right.

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