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To investigate landscape factors that may influence the colonization of I. scapularis and its associated pathogens in an urban ecosystem, 45 sites were sampled along three transects spanning the urban-to-rural human land use gradient in the Chicago, Illinois, metropolitan area. I collected four species of ticks (88% were I. scapularis) which exhibited variable infection rates for six pathogens, including Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease, and B. lonestari and B. miyamotoi, both reported for the first time in Illinois. Logistic regression modeling indicated the presence of I. scapularis was positively correlated with forest land cover and negatively correlated with developed land cover, while the presence of B. burgdorferi was positively correlated with forest land cover. Neither the presence of the tick or the pathogen were correlated with distance to the nearest major river way. 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