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Amblyomma americanum (Lone star tick).

Trends in Parasitology, 2022
Kristin L. McClung, S. Little
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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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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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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 Original Scientific Description of the Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum, Acari: Ixodidae) and Implications for the Species' Past and Future Geographic Distributions

Journal of medical entomology, 2022
Amblyomma americanum L. is an important vector in North America originally described by Linnaeus based on Pehr Kalm's 1754 report. While Kalm's ‘Travels into North America’ is well known, his 1754 report remains obscure.
I. Rochlin, A. Egizi, A. Lindström
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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
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Amblyomma americanum

, 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., Nava, Santiago, Robbins, Richard G.   +2 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
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