Investigation of the population structure of the tick vector of Lyme disease Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Canada using mitochondrial cytochrome C oxidase subunit I gene sequences

Author:

Mechai, S, Feil, EJ, Gariepy, TD, Gregory, TR, Lindsay, LR, Millien, V, and Ogden, NH

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2013-05

Journal/Series title:

J Med Entomol

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URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23802450

Abstract:

We investigated the utility of mitochondrial (mt) Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit I gene (cox1) sequences as a tool for understanding the population structure of I. scapularis collected in Canada, where we also investigated the geographic occurrence of different cox1 haplotypes.