1Research Division, Lyme Ontario, 365 St. David Street South, Fergus, Ontario, N1M 2L7, Canada
2Environmental Epidemiology Research Laboratory, Department of Public Health, University of North Florida, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, United States
3Department of Entomology and Center for Vector Ecology and Zoonotic Diseases, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, 123 Huntington St., New Haven, Connecticut 06511, United States
4Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, 1320 Tupper Hall, Davis, California 95616, United States
5Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
6Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University, 4324 Old Register Road, Statesboro, Georgia 30458, USA