State Statistics:                                                                                                   Colorado
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Lars Eisen1, Luis A. Ibarra-Juarez, Rebecca J. Eisen, and Joseph Piesman. Journal of Vector Ecology 33 (1): 117-128. 2008. 2) Three multiplex assays for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and Borrelia miyamotoi sensu lato in field-collected Ixodes nymphs in North America. Ullmann AJ, Gabitzsch ES, Schulze TL, et al. J Med Entomol 2005 Nov; 42(6):1057-62. 3) Cluster of tick paralysis cases--Colorado, 2006. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2006 Sep 1; 55(34):933-5. 4) Host usage and seasonal activity patterns of Ixodes kingi and I. sculptus (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs in a Colorado prairie landscape, with a summary of published North American host records for all life stages. Salkeld DJ, Eisen RJ, Antolin MF, et al.  J Vector Ecol 2006 Jun; 31(1):168-80. 5) Vector competence of Ixodes scapularis, I. spinipalpis, and Dermacentor andersoni (Acari:Ixodidae) in transmitting Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiologic agent of Lyme disease. Dolan MC, Maupin GO, Panella NA, Golde WT, Piesman J. J Med Entomol. 1997 Mar;34(2):128-35. 6) Transmission of the agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis by Ixodes spinipalpis ticks: evidence of an enzootic cycle of dual infection with Borrelia burgdorferi in Northern Colorado. Zeidner NS, Burkot TR, Massung R, Nicholson WL, Dolan MC, Rutherford JS, Biggerstaff BJ, Maupin GO. J Infect Dis. 2000 Aug;182(2):616-9. Epub 2000 Jul 28. 7) Borrelia Isolates in Northern Colorado Identified as Borrelia bissettii. Bradley S. Schneider, Nordin S. Zeidner, Thomas R. Burkot, Gary O. Maupin, Joseph Piesman. J Clin Microbiol. 2000 August; 38(8): 3103-3105. 8) Isolation and characterization of Borrelia parkeri in Ornithodoros parkeri (Ixodida: Argasidae) collected in Colorado. [Journal Article] Gage KL, Eggleston ME, Gilmore RD, Dolan MC, Montenieri JA, Tanda DT, Piesman J  J Med Entomol 2001 Sep; 38(5):665-74. 9) An interstate outbreak of tick-borne relapsing fever among vacationers at a Rocky Mountain cabin. Trevejo RT, Schriefer ME, Gage KL, Safranek TJ, Orloski KA, Pape WJ, Montenieri JA, Campbell GL  Am J Trop Med Hyg 1998 Jun; 58(6):743-7.   Colorado Tick-Borne Diseases Colorado Ticks & Tick-Borne Diseases http://lyme.org/resources/1980-cumulative.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00047449.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5353a1.htm http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/htm/bc/tzns01.htm http://www.lymeinfo.net/coinfections.html
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