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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
doaj   +2 more sources

Bourbon Virus Transmission, New York, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2023
In July 2019, Bourbon virus RNA was detected in an Amblyomma americanum tick removed from a resident of Long Island, New York, USA. Tick infection and white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) serosurvey results demonstrate active transmission in New ...
Alan P. Dupuis, Melissa A. Prusinski, Collin O’Connor, Joseph G. Maffei, Cheri A. Koetzner, Tela E. Zembsch, Steven D. Zink, Alexis L. White, Michael P. Santoriello, Christopher L. Romano, Guang Xu, Fumiko Ribbe, Scott R. Campbell, Stephen M. Rich, P. Bryon Backenson, Laura D. Kramer, Alexander T. Ciota   +16 more
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Heartland Virus Transmission, Suffolk County, New York, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021
During 2018, Heartland virus RNA was detected in an Amblyomma americanum tick removed from a resident of Suffolk County, New York, USA. The person showed seroconversion.
Alan P. Dupuis, Melissa A. Prusinski, Collin O’Connor, Joseph G. Maffei, Kiet A. Ngo, Cheri A. Koetzner, Michael P. Santoriello, Christopher L. Romano, Guang Xu, Fumiko Ribbe, Scott R. Campbell, Stephen M. Rich, P. Bryon Backenson, Laura D. Kramer, Alexander T. Ciota   +14 more
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County-level surveillance for the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, and its associated pathogen, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, in Kentucky

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
doaj   +1 more source

Predicting the potential distribution of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) infestation in New Zealand, using maximum entropy-based ecological niche modelling [PDF]

, 2020
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Ganta, RR, Heath, ACG, Lawrence, KE, Peterson, AT, Pomroy, WE, Raghavan, RK   +5 more
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Upscaling the surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in the French Caribbean Islands [PDF]

, 2020
Despite the high burden of vector-borne disease in (sub)tropical areas, few information are available regarding the diversity of tick and tick-borne pathogens circulating in the Caribbean.
Albina, Emmanuel, Aprelon, Rosalie, Delannoy, Sabine, Devillers, Elodie, Galon, Clémence, Gondard, Mathilde, Moutailler, Sara, Pinarello, Valérie, Pradel, Jennifer, Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel   +9 more
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Monitoring Trends in Distribution and Seasonality of Medically Important Ticks in North America Using Online Crowdsourced Records from iNaturalist

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
doaj   +1 more source

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, Barbara C. Hegarty, Ricardo G. Maggi, Paul M. Lantos, Denise M. Aslett, Julie M. Bradley   +5 more
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Exon-intron structure and sequence variation of the calreticulin gene among Rhipicephalus sanguineus group ticks [PDF]

, 2016
Background: Calreticulin proteins (CRTs) are important components of tick saliva, which is involved in the blood meal success, pathogen transmission and host allergic responses.
Dantas-Torres, Filipe, Iatta, Roberta, Latrofa, Maria Stefania, Mastrantonio, Valentina, Otranto, Domenico, Porretta, Daniele, Urbanelli, Sandra   +6 more
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Metagenomic-based Surveillance of Pacific Coast tick Dermacentor occidentalis Identifies Two Novel Bunyaviruses and an Emerging Human Ricksettsial Pathogen. [PDF]

, 2017
An increasing number of emerging tick-borne diseases has been reported in the United States since the 1970s. Using metagenomic next generation sequencing, we detected nucleic acid sequences from 2 novel viruses in the family Bunyaviridae and an emerging ...
Bouquet, Jerome, Chiu, Charles Y, Delwart, Eric, Lane, Robert S, Melgar, Michael, Swei, Andrea   +5 more
core   +2 more sources