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Volume 32, Number 5—May 2026

Research Letter

Borrelia turicatae in Ticks from Animals in a Public Park, Aguascalientes, Mexico

Edwin Vázquez-Guerrero1, Gustavo Paniagua-Campos1, Alexander R. Kneubehl, Paulina Estrada de los Santos, Job E. Lopez, and J. Antonio IbarraComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico (E. Vázquez-Guerrero, G. Paniagua-Campos, P. Estrada-de los Santos, J.A. Ibarra); Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA (A.R. Kneubehl, J.E. Lopez)

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Figure 1

Locations of collection sites in study of Borrelia turicatae in ticks from animals in a public park, Aguascalientes, Mexico. A) Location of the state of Aguascalientes (black shading) in Mexico; inset at right shows the approximate location of the city of Aguascalientes (black dot). Map created using QGIS version 3.34 (https://qgis.org). B) Terrain map of La Pona Park in Aguascalientes. Green dots indicate collection sites where ticks were captured (SITAG01–07, 21°53′10.6” N 102°15′59.6” W; 21°53′13.4” N 102°16′01.7” W; 21°53′12.5” N 102°16′02.1” W; 21°53′18.2” N 102°16′06.6” W; 21°53′20.9” N 102°15′51.5” W; 21°53′11.1” N 102°16′03.1” W). Red dots indicate the 3 collection sites for resident fauna (SITAG08, 21°53′18” N, 102°16′00” W; SITAG09, 21°53′19” N, 102°15′57” W; SITAG10, 21°53′16” N, 102° 16′ 07” W). Map created using the ArcGIS imagery basemap (https://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer).

Figure 1. Locations of collection sites in study of Borrelia turicatae in ticks from animals in a public park, Aguascalientes, Mexico. A) Location of the state of Aguascalientes (black shading) in Mexico; inset at right shows the approximate location of the city of Aguascalientes (black dot). Map created using QGIS version 3.34 (https://qgis.org). B) Terrain map of La Pona Park in Aguascalientes. Green dots indicate collection sites where ticks were captured (SITAG01–07, 21°53′10.6” N 102°15′59.6” W; 21°53′13.4” N 102°16′01.7” W; 21°53′12.5” N 102°16′02.1” W; 21°53′18.2” N 102°16′06.6” W; 21°53′20.9” N 102°15′51.5” W; 21°53′11.1” N 102°16′03.1” W). Red dots indicate the 3 collection sites for resident fauna (SITAG08, 21°53′18” N, 102°16′00” W; SITAG09, 21°53′19” N, 102°15′57” W; SITAG10, 21°53′16” N, 102° 16′ 07” W). Map created using the ArcGIS imagery basemap (https://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/World_Imagery/MapServer).

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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