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2918445

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-4-6
pubmed:abstractText
We compared the relative infectivity to vector ticks of gray catbirds (Dumetella carolinensis) and white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) for the Lyme disease spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi). Of 28 catbirds captured in a site enzootic for this agent, 18 were infested by immature Ixodes dammini, the tick vector. By comparison, each of 32 mice sampled concurrently from the same site was infested, and by about 10 times as many ticks as were found infesting the 3 most commonly netted bird species. Although 76% of noninfected larval ticks placed on these mice in a xenodiagnosis became infected, none of the ticks similarly placed on 12 catbirds did so. Spirochetes were detected in ticks derived from 2 Carolina wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus) and a common yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas), but these species' potential contribution to infecting ticks does not compare with that of mice. Thus, although birds may help establish new foci of ticks, catbirds, at least, do not appear to contribute as reservoirs of infection.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0022-3395
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
75
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
66-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Incompetence of catbirds as reservoirs for the Lyme disease spirochete (Borrelia burgdorferi).
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't