Mapping the distribution of Amblyomma americanum in Georgia, USA [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground Amblyomma americanum, the lone star tick, is an aggressive questing species that harbors several pathogens dangerous to humans in the United States.
Stephanie Bellman +7 more
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Transmission of Cytauxzoon felis to domestic cats by Amblyomma americanum nymphs [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Background Successful Cytauxzoon felis transmission studies have occurred using Amblyomma americanum adults acquisition-fed as nymphs on an experimentally infected domestic cat or Dermacentor variabilis adults fed as nymphs on a splenectomized bobcat ...
Kelly E. Allen +3 more
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Northward Expansion of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) into Southwestern Michigan [PDF]
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2022 Peter D Fowler +2 more
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Lone Star Ticks (Amblyomma americanum):: An Emerging Threat in Delaware. [PDF]
Dela J Public Health, 2021 Public health messaging in the eastern United States has historically underemphasized the risks posed by lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum), focusing instead on blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis). This gap persists despite mounting evidence that lone star ticks also play an important role in disease ecology as confirmed vectors for a wide ...
Kennedy AC, BCE1, Marshall E.
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Survival of adult Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma maculatum, and Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) in four habitats in southeastern Virginia [PDF]
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2023 Lindsey Bidder +2 more
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Direct injection of Amblyomma americanum ticks with Cytauxzoon felis. [PDF]
Ticks Tick Borne Dis, 2022 Cytauxzoon felis is a tick-borne hemoprotozoan parasite that causes life-threatening disease in domestic cats in the United States. Currently, the platforms for C. felis research are limited to natural or experimental infection of domestic cats. This study aims to develop an alternative model by infecting Amblyomma americanum ticks with C.
Yang TS +6 more
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Unexpected winter questing activity of ticks in the Central Midwestern United States.
PLoS ONE, 2021 Unexpected questing activity of ticks was noted during the winter months of January and February in the Central Midwestern states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
Ram K Raghavan +8 more
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The bacterial community of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2021 Abstract Background The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum), an important vector of a wide range of human and animal pathogens, is very common throughout the East and Midwest of the USA. Ticks are known to carry non-pathogenic bacteria that may play a role in their vector competence for pathogens.
Maldonado-Ruiz LP +3 more
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Bourbon Virus Transmission, New York, USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023 In July 2019, Bourbon virus RNA was detected in an Amblyomma americanum tick removed from a resident of Long Island, New York, USA. Tick infection and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) serosurvey results demonstrate active transmission in New ...
Alan P. Dupuis +16 more
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Heartland Virus Transmission, Suffolk County, New York, USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 During 2018, Heartland virus RNA was detected in an Amblyomma americanum tick removed from a resident of Suffolk County, New York, USA. The person showed seroconversion.
Alan P. Dupuis +14 more
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