We conducted a serosurvey of 230 persons in Maine, USA, who had been bitten by Ixodes scapularis or I. cookei ticks. We documented seropositivity for Borrelia burgdorferi (13.9%) and B. miyamotoi (2.6%), as well as a single equivocal result (0.4%) for Powassan encephalitis virus.
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Smith, R. P., Elias, S. P., Cavanaugh, C. E., Lubelczyk, C. B., Lacombe, E. H., Brancato, J., … Krause, P. J. (2019). Seroprevalence of borrelia burgdorferi, B. Miyamotoi, and Powassan virus in residents bitten by Ixodes ticks, Maine, USA. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 25(4), 804–807. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2504.180202
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