ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Expanded definition of blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis Say) distribution in West Virginia

Wednesday, November 14, 2012: 1:57 PM
301 A, Floor Three (Knoxville Convention Center)
Eric J. Dotseth , Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, West Virginia Department of Health & Human Resources, Charleston, WV
In West Virginia, blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis Say) populations have only been recorded from the eastern panhandle.  Recent tick drag surveillance has recovered I. scapularis from southern and northern counties in the state.  Blacklegged tick samples are being tested for Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti.
See more of: Ten-Minute Papers, MUVE Section, Ticks, Higher Diptera, and Fleas
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