Co-Infection of Blacklegged Ticks with Babesia microti and Borrelia burgdorferi Is Higher than Expected and Acquired from Small Mammal Hosts

• Michelle H. Hersh ,

  * E-mail: mhersh@sarahlawrence.edu

  Current address: Department of Biology, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, United States of America

  Affiliations Program in Biology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States of America, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America

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• Richard S. Ostfeld,

  Affiliation Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York, United States of America

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• Diana J. McHenry,

  Affiliation Program in Biology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States of America

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• Michael Tibbetts,

  Affiliation Program in Biology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States of America

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• Jesse L. Brunner,

  Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, United States of America

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• Mary E. Killilea,

  Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Kathleen LoGiudice,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Union College, Schenectady, New York, United States of America

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• Kenneth A. Schmidt,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

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• Felicia Keesing

  Affiliation Program in Biology, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States of America

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