Associations of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Bacteria Variants in Ixodes scapularis Ticks and Humans, New York, USA
Melissa Prusinski
1, Collin O’Connor
1 , Alexis Russell, Jamie Sommer, Jennifer White, Lauren Rose, Richard Falco, John Kokas
2, Vanessa Vinci, Wayne Gall
3, Keith Tober
2, Jamie Haight, JoAnne Oliver, Lisa Meehan, Lee Ann Sporn, Dustin Brisson, and P. Bryon Backenson
Author affiliations: New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA (M. Prusinski, A. Russell, J. Sommer, J. White, L. Rose, L. Meehan, P.B. Backenson); University at Buffalo Department of Geography, Buffalo, New York, USA (C. O’Connor); New York State Department of Health, Buffalo (C. O’Connor, W. Gall, K. Tober); New York State Department of Health, Armonk, New York, USA (R. Falco, J. Kokas, V. Vinci); New York State Department of Health, Falconer, New York, USA (J. Haight); New York State Department of Health, Syracuse, New York, USA (J. Oliver); Paul Smith's College, Paul Smiths, New York, USA (L.A. Sporn); University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (D. Brisson)
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Figure 1. New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) Ixodes scapularis tick sampling sites categorized by the Anaplasma phagocytophilum genetic variants found at each site, New York, USA. Thick black outlines indicate NYSDOH regions (labeled). A) Adult sampling sites; B) nymph sampling sites.
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