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Predicted Northward Expansion of the Geographic Range of the Tick Vector Amblyomma americanum in North America under Future Climate Conditions [PDF]

Environmental Health Perspectives, 2019
Background: The geographic range of the tick Amblyomma americanum, a vector of diseases of public health significance such as ehrlichiosis, has expanded from the southeast of the United States northward during the 20th century.
Irina Sagurova, Antoinette Ludwig, Nicholas H. Ogden, Yann Pelcat, Guillaume Dueymes, Philippe Gachon   +5 more
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Evaluation of oral fluralaner (Bravecto®) for efficacy against nymphs of Amblyomma americanum and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu lato) [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Amblyomma americanum and Rhipicephalus sanguineus (sensu lato) nymphs commonly feed on and transmit pathogens to dogs (Canis familiaris). Control of immature and adult tick life stages is necessary to fully protect animals.
Kelly E. Allen, Susan E. Little, Melissa Petersen, Jeff Gruntmeir, Anne W. Barrett, Brian H. Herrin, Lindsay A. Starkey, Fangshi Sun, Frank Guerino   +8 more
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Time-resolved proteomic profile of Amblyomma americanum tick saliva during feeding.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2020
Amblyomma americanum ticks transmit more than a third of human tick-borne disease (TBD) agents in the United States. Tick saliva proteins are critical to success of ticks as vectors of TBD agents, and thus might serve as targets in tick antigen-based ...
Tae Kwon Kim, Lucas Tirloni, Antônio F M Pinto, Jolene K Diedrich, James J Moresco, John R Yates, Itabajara da Silva Vaz, Albert Mulenga   +7 more
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Amblyomma americanum (Lone star tick).

Trends in Parasitology, 2022
Kristin L. McClung, S. Little
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A Case of Illness Following a Bite by a Male Lone Star Tick (<i>Amblyomma americanum</i> Linnaeus) Infected With <i>Ehrlichia</i> sp. and <i>Rickettsia amblyommatis</i> in Connecticut, United States. [PDF]

Clin Case Rep
A case of local lymphadenopathy and a flu‐like illness in a man, following a bite by a male lone star tick infected with Ehrlichia sp. and Rickettsia amblyommatis. ABSTRACT The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum Linnaeus) is a species commonly found in the southeastern U.S., but in recent years its populations have expanded northward, resulting in an
Khalil N, Chang A, Sandland L, Feder HM, Molaei G.   +4 more
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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 ...
Scott Wesley Long, J. Mathews Pound, Li Zhao   +2 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
Andrea S. Varela, Victor A. Moore, Susan E. Little   +2 more
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Unexpected winter questing activity of ticks in the Central Midwestern United States.

PLoS ONE, 2021
Unexpected questing activity of ticks was noted during the winter months of January and February in the Central Midwestern states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
Ram K Raghavan, Zoe L Koestel, Gunavanthi Boorgula, Ali Hroobi, Roman Ganta, John Harrington, Doug Goodin, Roger W Stich, Gary Anderson   +8 more
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The conclusion of a comparative efficacy study of fluralaner and sarolaner against the tick Amblyomma americanum on dogs is based on results obtained at study times that are outside the fluralaner label recommendations [PDF]

, 2017
Rob Armstrong
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MUSCULAR SYSTEM OF THE Amblyomma americanum LARVAE (ACARI: IXODIDAE)

Revista chilena de anatomía, 2001
Se estudia la morfo-funcionalidad del sistema muscular en larvas de Amblyomma americanum. Cuatro musculos, dos depresores y dos elevadores, mueven el capitulo. Los queliceros presentan tres musculos: retractor, flexor y extensor. En cada segmento de los palpos existen dos musculos - un flexor y un extensor- que  le permiten los movimientos laterales ...
María E Casanueva
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