Data from: Deer keds and blacklegged ticks infesting ungulates in the United States: molecular detection of Bartonella spp., Rickettsia spp., Anaplasma spp., and Borrelia spp.
<p>Deer keds are blood-feeding flies from which several human and animal pathogens have been detected, including the causative agent of Lyme Disease (<em>Borrelia burgdorferi</em>). Cervids, which are the primary hosts of deer keds, are not natural reservoirs of <em>B. burgdorferi</em>, and it has been suggested that …