Biology, 2021 Amblyomma americanum (the lone star tick) is a pathogen vector, mainly from eastern North America, that bites humans. With global integration and climate change, some ticks that are currently confined to a certain place may begin to spread out; some ...
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A novel Tick Carousel Assay for testing efficacy of repellents on Amblyomma americanum L. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Ticks are important vectors of human and veterinary diseases. A primary way ticks gain access to human hosts is by engaging to clothing. Repellents or acaricides sprayed onto fabric are used to deter ticks’ access to human hosts.
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Acarological surveys in areas outside the currently believed leading edge of the distribution of lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum), coupled with recent reports of their identification in previously uninvaded areas in the public health literature ...
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Experimental Infection of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) With Bourbon Virus (Orthomyxoviridae: Thogotovirus). [PDF]
J Med Entomol, 2021 Following the recent discovery of Bourbon virus (BRBV) as a human pathogen, and the isolation of the virus from Amblyomma americanum (L.) collected near the location of a fatal human case, we undertook a series of experiments to assess the laboratory ...
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Borrelia lonestari DNA in Adult Amblyomma americanum Ticks, Alabama
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001 Polymerase chain reaction analysis of 204 Amblyomma americanum and 28 A. maculatum ticks collected in August 1999 near the homes of patients with southern tick-associated rash illness and in control areas in Choctaw County, Alabama, showed Borrelia ...
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Identification of Alpha-Gal glycolipids in saliva of Lone-Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum)
Ticks and Tick-Borne DiseasesAlpha-Gal Syndrome (AGS) is a delayed allergic reaction triggered by IgE antibodies targeting galactose-α-1,3-galactose (α-gal), prevalent in red meat.
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Ehrlichia Prevalence in Amblyomma americanum, Central Texas
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004 Suggested citation for this article: Long SW, Pound JM, Yu X. Ehrlichia prevalence in Amblyomma Ehrlichia chaffeensis and E. ewingii, agents of human monocytic ehrlichiosis and ehrlichiosis ewingii, respectively, are transmitted by the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, which is found from west-central Texas northward to Iowa, and southeastward to ...
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Environmental correlates and fine-scale distribution of Amblyomma americanum, Ehrlichia spp., and Rickettsia amblyommatis at a single site in south-central Virginia [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground As tick-borne disease cases surge in the southeastern United States, there is a growing need to understand the ecological risk factors and distribution of the most abundant tick vector, Amblyomma americanum.
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Transmission of Cytauxzoon felis to domestic cats by Amblyomma americanum nymphs
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 ...
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Conservation Wildflower Plantings Do Not Enhance On-Farm Abundance of Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae) [PDF]
Insects, 2020 Planting wildflowers is a commonly suggested measure to conserve pollinators. While beneficial for pollinators, plots of wildflowers may be inadvertently performing an ecosystem disservice by providing a suitable habitat for arthropod disease vectors ...
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