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Background The year 1971 was the first time in New York State (NYS) that Eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) was identified in mosquitoes, in Culiseta melanura and Culiseta morsitans. At that time, state and county health departments began surveillance for EEEV in mosquitoes. Methods From 1993 to 2012, county health departments continued voluntary participation with the state health department...
We have developed 2 real-time multiplex PCR assays for detection of Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and Babesia microti. The efficiency and sensitivity of each multiplex PCR assay was evaluated using field-collected Ixodes scapularis ticks that were positive for each of the pathogens, cloned plasmids harboring each of the PCR targets, and laboratory I. scapularis infected with B....
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