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American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 126, No. 6: 1187-1189
Copyright © 1987 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

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SEASONAL VARIATION OF TRANSMISSION RISK OF LYME DISEASE AND HUMAN BABESIOSIS

JOSEPH PIESMAN1,, THOMAS N. MATHER2, GUSTAVE J. DAMMIN2, SAM R. TELFORD, III2, CATHERINE C. LASTAVICA3 and ANDREW SPIELMAN2

1Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University Station Birmingham, AL 35294
2Department of Tropical Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA
3Department of Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine Boston, MA

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The seasonal host-seeking pattern of nymphal Ixodes dammini infected with Babesia mlcrotl or Borrella burgdorferi was determined on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, during 1985. The peak period of host-seeking by Infected nymphal I. dammini occurred in May and June. On a per person-hour basis, the number of infected ticks collected reached a maximum in May (Blabesia = 17.3; Borrella = 16.2). The number of infected ticks remained high in June, but decreased notably in July, August, and September. Transmission risk of the tickborne etlologic agents of Lyme disease and human babeslosis in Massachusetts is greatest during the late spring-early summer months of May and June.

Babesia; babeslosis; Borrella; Lyme disease; seasons; ticks


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