lxodes dammini (Acari, Ixodidae) and Borrelia burgdorferi in Iowa

Authors

Mark G. Novak, Iowa State University
Wayne A. Rowley, Iowa State UniversityFollow
Kenneth B. Platt, Iowa State University
David M. Bartholomew, Iowa State University
Michelle D. Senne, Iowa State University

Document Type

Research

Keywords

Borrelia burgdorferi, deer tick, Iowa ticks, Ixodes dammini, Lyme disease

Abstract

A statewide study to evaluate the presence, distribution and abundance of the deer tick, Ixodes dammini, and the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorfen, in Iowa was initiated in 1989. Six hundred and seventy-one tick collections were received from health professionals, conservation employees and concerned citizens. Additional ticks were obtained by flagging, small mammal trapping and deer checks in selected areas of Iowa. Nine I. dammini were collected in 1989 from seven counties in the eastern half of the state. Six of these were tested for B. burgdorferi and all were negative. Flagging, small mammal trapping and deer checks in eastern Iowa failed to produce I. dammini in 1989. However, in May 1990 and dammini female collected by a turkey hunter in Allamakee Co. tested positive for B. burgdoiferi. Subsequent flagging in this area yielded I. dammini adults, 19% of which were infected. Additionally, I. dammini larvae and nymphs were collected from Peromyscus leucopus. This is the first evidence of I. dammini establishment and B. burgdoiferi presence in Iowa.

Publication Date

June 1991

Journal Title

Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

98

Issue

2

First Page

99

Last Page

101

Copyright

© Copyright 1991 by the Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

EN

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Novak, Mark G.; Rowley, Wayne A.; Platt, Kenneth B.; Bartholomew, David M.; and Senne, Michelle D. (1991) "lxodes dammini (Acari, Ixodidae) and Borrelia burgdorferi in Iowa," Journal of the Iowa Academy of Science: JIAS, 98(2), 99-101.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/jias/vol98/iss2/15