burgdorferi was detected in 45% of the I. Of the 1235 tick samples collected, 109 were identified as I. scapularis in the Texas-Mexico transboundary region by correlating geographic data with climatic variables. A maximum entropy approach (MAXENT) was used to forecast the present and future (2050) distribution of B. scapularis were processed to obtain DNA and to determine if they were infected with B. Tick samples were obtained from various vertebrate hosts in the region under study. This area is referred herein as the Texas-Mexico transboundary region. The area of study included Texas and a portion of northeast Mexico.
Moreover, none of the published studies that evaluated the effect of climate change in the spatial and temporal distribution of I.
LD risk maps in the transboundary region between the U.S. The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi causes LD and it is transmitted to humans and other mammalian hosts through the bite of infected Ixodes ticks. Lyme disease (LD) is the most prevalent arthropod borne disease in the US and Europe.
Understanding how climate change may affect the suitability of habitats for ticks will improve the accuracy of risk maps of tick-borne pathogen transmission in humans and domestic animal populations. Disease risk maps are important tools that help ascertain the likelihood of exposure to specific infectious agents.
