Curran K L, Kidd J B, Vassallo J, Van Meter V L
Department of Biology, Wesley College, Dover, Delaware 19901, USA.
Emerg Infect Dis. 2000 Jul-Aug;6(4):408-11. doi: 10.3201/eid0604.000417.
During the 1998 hunting season in Delaware, 1,480 ticks were collected from 252 white- tailed deer; 98% were Ixodes scapularis, a significant increase from the 85% reported in 1988. Ticks were tested for Borrelia burgdorferi and the causative agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. Infection rates remained stable in New Castle and Kent counties, but increased from <1% to 8% in sussex county.
在1998年特拉华州的狩猎季节,从252头白尾鹿身上采集了1480只蜱虫;其中98%为肩突硬蜱,较1988年报告的85%有显著增加。对蜱虫进行了伯氏疏螺旋体和人类粒细胞埃立克体病病原体检测。纽卡斯尔县和肯特县的感染率保持稳定,但萨塞克斯县的感染率从不到1%升至8%。