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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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Immunoblot results assessing antibody responses in study of Borrelia turicatae in ticks from animals in a public park, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Images show responses in opossums and a feral cat captured in La Pona Park, along with mouse controls. C (+) is an immunoblot using a serum sample from a positive control mouse infected with B. turicatae. C (–) is from a negative control (serum from a nonexposed mouse). We used recombinant horseradish peroxidase protein A/G (Thermo Fisher Scientific, https://www.thermofisher.com) as the secondary ligand for the detection of both opossum and cat antibodies. BTE, B. turicatae protein extracts; Q, recombinant GlpQ; B, B. turicatae recombinant BipA.

Figure 2. Immunoblot results assessing antibody responses in study of Borrelia turicatae in ticks from animals in a public park, Aguascalientes, Mexico. Images show responses in opossums and a feral cat captured in La Pona Park, along with mouse controls. C (+) is an immunoblot using a serum sample from a positive control mouse infected with B. turicatae. C (–) is from a negative control (serum from a nonexposed mouse). We used recombinant horseradish peroxidase protein A/G (Thermo Fisher Scientific, https://www.thermofisher.com) as the secondary ligand for the detection of both opossum and cat antibodies. BTE, B. turicatae protein extracts; Q, recombinant GlpQ; B, B. turicatae recombinant BipA.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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