This README files describes the data included in the Dryad submission for Elliott et al. 2021, "Prevalence and risk factors of Anaplasma infections in Eastern moose (Alces alces americanus) and winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) in Maine, United States".

Citation of the associated paper:

Elliott, J.A., C.C. Dickson, L. Kantar, M.R. O’Neal, A. Lichtenwalner, A. Bryant, W. Jakubas, P.J. Pekins, S.M. De Urioste-Stone, P.L. Kamath (2021). Prevalence and risk factors of Anaplasma infections in Eastern moose (Alces alces americana) and winter ticks (Dermacentor albipictus) in Maine, United States. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 57(4): xx-xx.

Elliot et al_JWD_Data.xlsx: Excel file with all data from both individual moose and ticks tested for Anaplasma, including identification numbers, year and region of collection, age, sex, infection status, and GenBank Accession numbers for the associated Anaplasma sequence data. Further explanation of metadata is provided with the file.