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Volume 32, Number 8—August 2026

Research Letter

Surveillance of Ticks and Tickborne Borrelia, Ehrlichia, and Rickettsia spp., Texas, USA, 2014–2021

Yan Zhang, Elizabeth A. Mitchell, Rebecca J. Kilgore, and Michael S. AllenComments to Author 
Author affiliation: University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA

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Geographic distribution of tick submissions and bacteria-positive ticks in Texas, USA, 2014–2021. A) Amblyomma americanum ticks. B) Dermacentor variabilis ticks. C) A. maculatum ticks. D) Ixodes scapularis ticks. E) Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks. F) A. mixtum ticks. G) R. amblyommatis ticks. H) R. tamurae subspecies buchneri ticks. I) Bacterial species recovered from submitted ticks.

Figure 2. Geographic distribution of tick submissions and bacteria-positive ticks in Texas, USA, 2014–2021. A) Amblyomma americanum ticks. B) Dermacentor variabilis ticks. C) A. maculatum ticks. D) Ixodes scapularis ticks. E) Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks. F) A. mixtum ticks. G) R. amblyommatis ticks. H) R. tamurae subspecies buchneri ticks. I) Bacterial species recovered from submitted ticks.

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