Tick (Acari: lxodidae) vectors of Lyme Disease organisms (Borrelia burgdorfen) in Florida
From Entomology Circulars.
Lyme disease, a newly recognized arthropod-borne zoonosis, is rapidly becoming an important public health problem in many areas of the United States. This spirochete-initiated disease is vectored and maintained by a hard tick, Ixodes dammini Spielman, Clifford, Piesman, & Corwin, in northeastern North America and by other species of ticks in other areas. The …read more
