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In the state of California, USA, the spirochete <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">Borrelia burgdorferi<\/jats:named-content>, which causes Lyme disease, is transmitted between vertebrate hosts by the western black\u2010legged tick, <jats:italic>Ixodes pacificus.<\/jats:italic> Several mammalian species serve as reservoir hosts of the spirochete, but levels of tick infestation, reservoir competence, and <jats:italic>Borrelia\u2010<\/jats:italic>infection prevalence vary widely among such hosts. Here, we model the host (lizards, <jats:italic>Peromyscus<\/jats:italic> mice, Californian meadow voles, dusky\u2010footed wood rats, and western gray squirrels), vector, and pathogen community of oak woodlands in northwestern California to determine the relative importance of different tick hosts. Observed infection prevalence of <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">B. burgdorferi<\/jats:named-content> in host\u2010seeking <jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">I. pacificus<\/jats:named-content> nymphs was 1.8\u20135.3%, and our host\u2010community model estimated an infection prevalence of 1.6\u20132.2%. The western gray squirrel (<jats:named-content content-type=\"genus-species\">Sciurus griseus<\/jats:named-content>) was the only source of infected nymphs. Lizards, which are refractory to <jats:italic>Borrelia<\/jats:italic> infection, are important in feeding subadult ticks but reduce disease risk (nymphal infection prevalence). 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