University of Tennessee, Knoxville TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange Masters Theses Graduate School 8-2013 TRENDS IN BORRELIA SPP. PREVALENCE IN IXODES SPP. TICKS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL UNITED STATES Lauren Paul Maestas University of Tennessee - Knoxville,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes Part of the Biodiversity Commons, Biology Commons, Entomology Commons, Molecular Genetics Commons, Parasitology Commons, and the Population Biology Commons Recommended Citation Maestas, Lauren Paul, "TRENDS IN BORRELIA SPP. PREVALENCE IN IXODES SPP. TICKS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL UNITED STATES. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2013. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/2433 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. It has been accepted for inclusion in Masters Theses by an authorized administrator of TRACE: Tennessee Research and Creative Exchange. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. To the Graduate Council: I am submitting herewith a thesis written by Lauren Paul Maestas entitled "TRENDS IN BORRELIA SPP. PREVALENCE IN IXODES SPP. TICKS FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN COASTAL UNITED STATES." I have examined the final electronic copy of this thesis for form and content and recommend that it be accepted in partial fulfillment of the equirr ements for the degree of Master of Science, with a major in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. Graham J. Hickling, Major Professor We have read this thesis and recommend its acceptance: Debra L. Miller, Rebecca T. Trout Fryxell Accepted for the Council: Carolyn R. Hodges Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School (Original signatures are on file with official studentecor r ds.) TRENDS IN BORRELIA SPP.