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Table 1 Summary of tick-borne, reportable pathogens and diseases for select provinces and statesa

From: Human pathogens associated with the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis: a systematic review

Country (province or state)

Arboviruses

Anaplasma

Babesia

Bartonella

Borrelia

Ehrlichia

Rickettsia

Canada

 Ontario [120]

Encephalitis (primary viral)

NR

NR

NR

Lyme disease (B. burgdorferi)

NR

NR

 Manitoba [121]

NR

Anaplasmosis (A. phagocytophilum)

Babesiosis (Babesia spp.)

NR

Lyme disease (B. burgdorferi)

NR

NR

 Quebec [122]

Encephalitis (arthropod-borne)

NR

NR

NR

Lyme disease (B. burgdorferi)

Ehrlichiosis (E. chaffeensis)

NR

US

 Illinois [123]

Arboviruses

Anaplasmosis

Babesiosis

NR

Lyme disease

Ehrlichiosis

RMSF

 Indiana [124]

Encephalitis (POWV)

A. phagocytophilum

Babesiosis (Babesia spp.)

NR

Lyme disease (B. burgdorferi)

Ehrlichiosis (E. chaffeensis)

RMSF, other spotted fevers (Rickettsia spp.)

 Michigan [125]

Arboviral encephalitides (POWV)

Anaplasmosis (A. phagocytophilum)

Babesiosis (Ba. microti)

Cat-scratch fever (Bartonella spp.)

Lyme disease (B. burgdorferi)

Ehrlichia spp.

Spotted fevers (Rickettsia spp.)

 Minnesota [126]

Arboviral disease (POWV)

Anaplasmosis (A. phagocytophilum)

Babesiosis (Babesia spp.)

Cat-scratch disease (Bartonella spp.)

Lyme disease (B. burgdorferi)

Ehrlichiosis (E. chaffeensis, E. muris-like sp. and E. ewingii)

RMSF, other spotted fevers (R. rickettsii), Rickettsia spp.

 New York [127]

Arboviral infection (POWV)

Anaplasmosis (A. phagocytophilum)

Babesiosis (Babesia spp.)

NR

Lyme disease (B. burgdorferi)

Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia spp.)

RMSF, other spotted fevers (R. akari, R. rickettsii)

 Ohio [128]

Arbovirus (POWV)

Anaplasmosis

Babesiosis

NR

Lyme disease

Ehrlichiosis

RMSF, other spotted fevers (Rickettsia spp.)

 Pennsylvania [129]

Arboviruses

Anaplasmosis

NR

NR

Lyme disease

Ehrlichiosis

RMSF, rickettsialpox (Rickettsia spp.)

 Wisconsin [130]

Arboviral infection (encephalitis, meningitis)

Anaplasmosis

Babesiosis

NR

Lyme disease

Ehrlichiosis

RMSF

  1. aNR, not reportable; RMSF, Rocky Mountain spotted fever; POWV, Powassan encephalitis virus