TRANSHEMISPHERIC EXCHANGE OF LYME-DISEASE SPIROCHETES BY SEABIRDS

• Lyme disease is a zoonosis transmitted by ticks and caused by the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu late. Epidemiological and ecological investigations to date have focused on the terrestrial forms of Lyme disease. Here we show a significant role for

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POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION; CROIX RIVER VALLEY; BORRELIA-BURGDORFERI; SP-NOV; BIRDS; VECTORS; HOSTS; AGENT

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