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. 1997 Jul-Sep;3(3):353–355. doi: 10.3201/eid0303.970312

Deer ticks (Ixodes scapularis) and the agents of Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis in a New York City park.

T J Daniels 1, R C Falco 1, I Schwartz 1, S Varde 1, R G Robbins 1
PMCID: PMC2627640  PMID: 9284380

Abstract

Rodent trapping and drag sampling in Van Cortlandt Park, New York City, yielded all stages of Ixodes scapularis, the deer tick vector of Lyme disease and human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (HGE). Polymerase chain reaction analyses of the ticks showed Borrelia burgdorferi and the Ehrlichia sp. that causes HGE.

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