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Modeling Potential Habitat for Amblyomma Tick Species in California
Insects, 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]
Journal 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
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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 ...
Kelly E. Allen +3 more
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Filarial Nematode Infection in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected from Southern Connecticut
Veterinary 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
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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 ...
Christopher McCullough +2 more
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The Microbiome of Ehrlichia-Infected and Uninfected Lone Star Ticks (Amblyomma americanum). [PDF]
PLoS 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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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 ...
Delong Ma +7 more
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Heartland Virus in Humans and Ticks, Illinois, USA, 2018–2019
Emerging 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
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Frontiers 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
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Standardized Ixodid Tick Survey in Mainland Florida
Insects, 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
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