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Occurrence of Ixodes pacificus (Parasitiformes: Ixodidae) in Arizona
C A Olson1, E W Cupp, S Luckhart
1Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721.
Journal of Medical Entomology
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
Adults and immatures of Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls were collected by flagging vegetation and from lizards during a 3-mo period in the Hualapai Mountain Park, Mohave County, AZ, in 1991. Collections were made at altitudes > or = 2,134 m. Two of 48 gut-salivary gland extracts of adult ticks were positive by IFA using a monoclonal antibody (H5332) specific to Borrelia burgdorferi. These are the first records of I. pacificus and of spirochetes tentatively identified as B. burgdorferi in Arizona.