Increasing Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto-Infected Blacklegged Ticks in Tennessee Valley, Tennessee, USA.

At the Anderson County site that had been drag-cloth sampled annually, a highly significant increasing trend in I. scapularis ticks was evident (p = 0.003; Figure 2 ); the count in 2017 (24.8 ticks/hour) was 3.5× higher than that in 2012.

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