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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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Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023 Kentucky experiences some of the highest incidence rates for ehrlichiosis nationwide. Ehrlichiosis is a bacterial infection caused primarily by the pathogen Ehrlichia chaffeensis and can be transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected tick ...
Anna R. Pasternak, Subba R. Palli
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, 2023 3. Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus, 1758). Nearctic: 1) USA (Lado et al. 2020). Although Camicas et al. (1998) treated Amblyomma americanum as a Nearctic and Neotropical species, Guglielmone et al. (2003, 2014, 2021) listed and discussed several records of this tick from Neotropical countries and a few from other zoogeographic regions, including Russia (
Guglielmone, Alberto A. +2 more
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The microbiota of Amblyomma americanum reflects known westward expansion. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2023 Abstract Amblyomma americanum , a known vector of multiple tick-borne pathogens, has expanded its geographic distribution across the United States in the past decades.
Martinez-Villegas L +6 more
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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 ...
Ledin, K. E. +7 more
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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 +5 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 +4 more
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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 ...
Thomas R. Burkot +5 more
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, 2020 3. Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus, 1758). A Nearctic species, all of whose parasitic stages are usually found on Mammalia (several orders); adults alone have been collected from Galliformes: Phasianidae, and Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae; nymphs and larvae have been recovered from Aves (several orders).
Guglielmone, Alberto A. +2 more
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