Anderson J F, Johnson R C, Magnarelli L A, Hyde F W, Myers J E
Appl Environ Microbiol. 1987 Apr;53(4):892-4. doi: 10.1128/aem.53.4.892-894.1987.
Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti were isolated from 35 of 51 white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) and meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) captured on two Narragansett Bay, R.I., islands inhabited by deer, the principal host for the adult stages of the vector tick, Ixodes dammini. Immature ticks parasitized mice from both islands. From 105 mice captured on four other islands not inhabited by deer neither pathogen was isolated, nor were I. dammini found.
从罗德岛纳拉甘西特湾两座有鹿栖息的岛屿上捕获的51只白足鼠(白足鼠属)和草原田鼠(宾夕法尼亚田鼠)中,有35只分离出了伯氏疏螺旋体和微小巴贝斯虫。鹿是媒介蜱——达氏硬蜱成虫阶段的主要宿主。两座岛屿上未成熟的蜱都寄生于小鼠。在另外四座没有鹿栖息的岛屿上捕获的105只小鼠中,未分离出任何一种病原体,也未发现达氏硬蜱。