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Modeling Potential Habitat for Amblyomma Tick Species in California

open access: yesInsects, 2019
The Amblyomma genus of ticks comprises species that are aggressive human biters and vectors of pathogens. Numerous species in the genus are undergoing rapid range expansion.
Emily L. Pascoe   +3 more
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Disease Agents inAmblyomma americanumfrom Northeastern Georgia [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Medical Entomology, 2004
Amblyomma americanum (lone star tick) is known or suspected to vector several organisms that are implicated as human pathogens, including Ehrlichia chaffeensis, E. ewingii, and Borrelia lonestari. These three agents have also been detected in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Because northeastern Georgia has a high abundance of both lone star
A S, Varela, V A, Moore, S E, Little
openaire   +2 more sources

Transmission of Cytauxzoon felis to domestic cats by Amblyomma americanum nymphs

open access: yesParasites & 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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Filarial Nematode Infection in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected from Southern Connecticut

open access: yesVeterinary Sciences, 2014
It was recently demonstrated that the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum could harbor filarial nematodes within the genus Acanthocheilonema. In this study, Ixodes scapularis (deer) ticks collected from Southern Connecticut were evaluated for their ...
Pabbati Namrata   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Conservation Wildflower Plantings Do Not Enhance On-Farm Abundance of Amblyomma americanum (Ixodida: Ixodidae)

open access: yesInsects, 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 ...
Christopher McCullough   +2 more
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The Microbiome of Ehrlichia-Infected and Uninfected Lone Star Ticks (Amblyomma americanum). [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
The Lone Star tick, Amblyomma americanum, transmits several bacterial pathogens including species of Anaplasma and Ehrlichia. Amblyomma americanum also hosts a number of non-pathogenic bacterial endosymbionts. Recent studies of other arthropod and insect
R T Trout Fryxell, J M DeBruyn
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Predicting the Potential Global Distribution of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) under Near Current and Future Climatic Conditions, Using the Maximum Entropy Model

open access: yesBiology, 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 ...
Delong Ma   +7 more
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Heartland Virus in Humans and Ticks, Illinois, USA, 2018–2019

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
In 2018, Heartland disease virus infected 2 persons in Illinois, USA. In 2019, ticks were collected at potential tick bite exposure locations and tested for Heartland and Bourbon viruses. A Heartland virus–positive pool of adult male Amblyomma americanum
Holly C. Tuten   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Discovery of Alpha-Gal-Containing Antigens in North American Tick Species Believed to Induce Red Meat Allergy

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2019
Development of specific IgE antibodies to the oligosaccharide galactose-α-1, 3-galactose (α-gal) following tick bites has been shown to be the source of red meat allergy. In this study, we investigated the presence of α-gal in four tick species: the lone-
Gary Crispell   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Standardized Ixodid Tick Survey in Mainland Florida

open access: yesInsects, 2019
A statewide survey of questing ixodid ticks in mainland Florida was developed consistent with U.S. CDC standards to maximize the amount of epidemiologic and environmental data gathered.
Gregory E. Glass   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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