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. 2000 May 30;162(11):1567–1569.

Presence of spirochete causing Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, in the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, in southern Ontario

S N Banerjee 1, M Banerjee 1, K Fernando 1, J D Scott 1, R Mann 1, M G Morshed 1
PMCID: PMC1231336  PMID: 10862230

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