Passive and Active Surveillance for Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Saskatchewan, Canada. Issue 1 (16th October 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Passive and Active Surveillance for Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Saskatchewan, Canada. Issue 1 (16th October 2019)
- Main Title:
- Passive and Active Surveillance for Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Saskatchewan, Canada
- Authors:
- Chilton, Neil B
Curry, Philip S
Lindsay, L Robbin
Rochon, Kateryn
Lysyk, Timothy J
Dergousoff, Shaun J - Editors:
- Foley, Janet
- Abstract:
- Abstract: Passive and active surveillance for the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was conducted over a 9-yr period (2009–2017). More than 26, 000 ixodid ticks, representing 10 species, were submitted through passive surveillance. Most (97%) of these were the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say). Of the 65 I. scapularis adults submitted, 75% were collected from dogs. Infection rates of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti in I. scapularis were 12%, 8%, and 0%, respectively. Although the I. scapularis submitted by passive surveillance were collected from five of seven ecoregions in central and southern Saskatchewan, they were most frequent in the Moist Mixed Grassland and Aspen Parklands. In contrast, no I. scapularis were collected from the extensive field sampling conducted at multiple sites in different ecoregions across the province. Hence, there is no evidence of I. scapularis having established a breeding population in Saskatchewan. Nonetheless, continued surveillance for blacklegged ticks is warranted given their important role as a vector of medically and veterinary important pathogens, and because they have recently become established across much of the southern portions of the neighboring province of Manitoba.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of medical entomology. Volume 57:Issue 1(2020)
- Journal:
- Journal of medical entomology
- Issue:
- Volume 57:Issue 1(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 57, Issue 1 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 57
- Issue:
- 1
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0057-0001-0000
- Page Start:
- 156
- Page End:
- 163
- Publication Date:
- 2019-10-16
- Subjects:
- blacklegged tick -- passive surveillance -- active sampling -- Borrelia -- Anaplasma
Insects as carriers of disease -- Periodicals
616.968 - Journal URLs:
- http://jme.oxfordjournals.org/ ↗
http://www.oxfordjournals.org ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1093/jme/tjz155 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0022-2585
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- Legaldeposit
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