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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, Melissa A. Prusinski, Collin O’Connor, Joseph G. Maffei, Cheri A. Koetzner, Tela E. Zembsch, Steven D. Zink, Alexis L. White, Michael P. Santoriello, Christopher L. Romano, Guang Xu, Fumiko Ribbe, Scott R. Campbell, Stephen M. Rich, P. Bryon Backenson, Laura D. Kramer, Alexander T. Ciota   +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, Melissa A. Prusinski, Collin O’Connor, Joseph G. Maffei, Kiet A. Ngo, Cheri A. Koetzner, Michael P. Santoriello, Christopher L. Romano, Guang Xu, Fumiko Ribbe, Scott R. Campbell, Stephen M. Rich, P. Bryon Backenson, Laura D. Kramer, Alexander T. Ciota   +14 more
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Factors affecting the microbiome of Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2020
The microbial community composition of disease vectors can impact pathogen establishment and transmission as well as on vector behavior and fitness. While data on vector microbiota are accumulating quickly, determinants of the variation in disease vector microbial communities are incompletely understood.
Brinkerhoff RJ, Clark C, Ocasio K, Gauthier DT, Hynes WL.   +4 more
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Predicting the potential distribution of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) infestation in New Zealand, using maximum entropy-based ecological niche modelling [PDF]

, 2020
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Ganta, RR, Heath, ACG, Lawrence, KE, Peterson, AT, Pomroy, WE, Raghavan, RK   +5 more
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Amblyomma americanum

, 2020
Published as part of Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N. & Robbins, Richard G., 2020, Ixodidae (Acari: Ixodoidea): descriptions and redescriptions of all known species from 1758 to December 31, 2019, pp.
Guglielmone, Alberto A., Petney, Trevor N., Robbins, Richard G.   +2 more
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Upscaling the surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in the French Caribbean Islands [PDF]

, 2020
Despite the high burden of vector-borne disease in (sub)tropical areas, few information are available regarding the diversity of tick and tick-borne pathogens circulating in the Caribbean.
Albina, Emmanuel, Aprelon, Rosalie, Delannoy, Sabine, Devillers, Elodie, Galon, Clémence, Gondard, Mathilde, Moutailler, Sara, Pinarello, Valérie, Pradel, Jennifer, Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel   +9 more
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Comparative population genetics of Amblyomma maculatum and Amblyomma americanum in the mid-Atlantic United States. [PDF]

Ticks Tick Borne Dis, 2021
The Gulf Coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum, is undergoing a northward expansion along the United States East Coast, most recently establishing populations in Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. This expansion has human health implications, as A. maculatum is the primary natural vector of the bacterium Rickettsia parkeri, which causes a spotted fever-type ...
Benham SA, Gaff HD, Bement ZJ, Blaise C, Cummins HK, Ferrara R, Moreno J, Parker E, Phan A, Rose T, Azher S, Price D, Gauthier DT.   +12 more
europepmc   +5 more sources

Borreliacidal activity of saliva of the tick Amblyomma americanum [PDF]

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 2005
Abstract.  Amblyomma americanum (Linneaus) (Acari: Ixodidae), an important tick vector of human and animal disease, is not a competent vector of the bacterial agent of Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, although its range overlaps the geographical distribution of Lyme disease within the United States.
Ledin, K. E., Zeidner, N. S., Ribeiro, J. M. C., Biggerstaff, B. J., Dolan, M. C., Dietrich, G., VredEvoe, L., Piesman, J.   +7 more
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Monitoring Trends in Distribution and Seasonality of Medically Important Ticks in North America Using Online Crowdsourced Records from iNaturalist

Insects, 2022
Recent increases in the incidence and geographic range of tick-borne diseases in North America are linked to the range expansion of medically important tick species, including Ixodes scapularis, Amblyomma americanum, and Amblyomma maculatum. Passive tick
Benjamin Cull
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Rickettsia rickettsii Transmission by a Lone Star Tick, North Carolina

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2011
Only indirect or circumstantial evidence has been published to support transmission of Rickettsia rickettsii by Amblyomma americanum (lone star) ticks in North America. This study provides molecular evidence that A.
Edward B. Breitschwerdt, Barbara C. Hegarty, Ricardo G. Maggi, Paul M. Lantos, Denise M. Aslett, Julie M. Bradley   +5 more
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