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Volume 30, Number 2—February 2024
Dispatch

Borrelia turicatae from Ticks in Peridomestic Setting, Camayeca, Mexico

Edwin Vázquez-Guerrero, Alexander R. Kneubehl, Patricio Pellegrini-Hernández, José Luis González-Quiroz, María Lilia Domínguez-López, Aparna Krishnavajhala, Paulina Estrada-de los Santos, J. Antonio IbarraComments to Author , and Job E. Lopez
Author affiliations: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico (E. Vázquez-Guerrero, J.L. González-Quiroz, M.L. Domínguez-López, P. Estrada-de los Santos, J.A. Ibarra); Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (A.R. Kneubehl, A. Krishnavajhala, J.E. Lopez); Wildlife Conservation Management Unit (Macochín), El Fuerte, Sinaloa, Mexico (P. Pellegrini-Hernández).

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Figure 1

Collection of Ornithodoros turicata ticks from village of Camayeca, Mexico. A) Location in the state of Sinaloa where 22 ticks were collected (left arrow). Also labeled is the state of Aguascalientes, where we recently collected O. turicata ticks (right arrow). B) Collection efforts were focused in peridomestic settings C) Ticks were aspirated from the base of a human dwelling; white arrow indicates where ticks were collected.

Figure 1. Collection of Ornithodoros turicata ticks from village of Camayeca, Mexico. A) Location in the state of Sinaloa where 22 ticks were collected (left arrow). Also labeled is the state of Aguascalientes, where we recently collected O. turicata ticks (right arrow). B) Collection efforts were focused in peridomestic settings C) Ticks were aspirated from the base of a human dwelling; white arrow indicates where ticks were collected.

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