Use of a sentinel host system to study the questing behavior of Ixodes spinipalpis and its role in the transmission of Borrelia bissettii, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, and Babesia microti.

Burkot TR, Maupin GO, Schneider BS, Denatale C, Happ CM, Rutherford JS, Zeidner NS

Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.

Article type: Curated - Canary ID: 4884

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Cause and Effect Analysis	Interspecies susceptibility data	Shared exposures with humans	Shared outcomes with humans	Gene sequence data
Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No

Study type	N	Routes	Sampling	Controls	Timing
cohort (enclosure)	244	vector	-	yes	concurrent
cross sectional	155	vector	exposure	yes	concurrent

Exposures	Babesia Borrelia Ehrlichia Ixodes
Risk factors	Seasons
Outcomes	Babesiosis Borrelia Infections Ehrlichiosis
Species	Mice Microtus ochrogaster Neotoma mexicana Peromyscus Peromyscus difficilis Reithrodontomys megalotis Sylvilagus nuttallii
Locations	United States Colorado Colorado State University (school)

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