Tick pathogen status (DP1.10092.001)

A target of 130 individual ticks per site per year are selected for pathogen testing, with the total numbers tested in a given site-year dependent on availability. Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (if available beyond what is used for archive) nymphs are targeted for testing of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia microti, Ehrlichia muris-like agent, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Borrelia miyamotoi, and Borrelia mayonii. Nymphs in the genera Amblyomma and Dermacentor (if available beyond what is used for archive) are targeted for testing of Francisella tularensis, Rickettsia rickettsia, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia ewingii, and Borrelia lonestari.