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Survey of Borreliae in ticks, canines, and white-tailed deer from Arkansas, U.S.A.

Parasites & Vectors, 2012
Background In the Eastern and Upper Midwestern regions of North America, Ixodes scapularis (L.) is the most abundant tick species encountered by humans and the primary vector of B. burgdorferi, whereas in the southeastern region Amblyomma americanum (Say)
Fryxell Rebecca T, Steelman C, Szalanski Allen L, Kvamme Ken L, Billingsley Peggy M, Williamson Philip C   +5 more
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Bourbon Virus in Field-Collected Ticks, Missouri, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
Bourbon virus (BRBV) was first isolated in 2014 from a resident of Bourbon County, Kansas, USA, who died of the infection. In 2015, an ill Payne County, Oklahoma, resident tested positive for antibodies to BRBV, before fully recovering.
Harry M. Savage, Kristen L. Burkhalter, Marvin S. Godsey, Nicholas A. Panella, David C. Ashley, William L. Nicholson, Amy J. Lambert   +6 more
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Identification of Residual Blood Proteins in Ticks by Mass Spectrometry Proteomics

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Mass spectrometry–based proteomics of individual ticks demonstrated persistence of mammalian host blood components, including α- and β-globin chains, histones, and mitochondrial enzymes, in Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum ticks for months ...
Samanthi Wickramasekara, Jonas Bunikis, Vicki Wysocki, Alan G. Barbour   +3 more
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Assessing the underwater survival of two tick species, Amblyomma americanum and Amblyomma maculatum

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2019
The hard (ixodid) ticks Amblyomma americanum and Amblyomma maculatum are found throughout the southeastern United States. To study the effects of water inundation, which is an increasingly common phenomenon in many coastal areas, unfed adult A. americanum and A.
Lindsey A. Bidder, Kristine M. Asmussen, Sean E. Campbell, Katerina A. Goffigan, Holly D. Gaff   +4 more
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Diversity of Rickettsiales in the Microbiome of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum [PDF]

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2014
ABSTRACT Ticks are important vectors for many emerging pathogens. However, they are also infected with many symbionts and commensals, often competing for the same niches. In this paper, we characterize the microbiome of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae), the lone star tick, in order to better ...
Ponnusamy, Loganathan, Gonzalez, Antonio, Van Treuren, Will, Weiss, Sophie, Parobek, Christian M, Juliano, Jonathan J, Knight, Rob, Roe, R Michael, Apperson, Charles S, Meshnick, Steven R   +9 more
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Cellular immune response of Amblyomma sculptum and Amblyomma americanum to entomopathogenic fungi: Implications for biological tick control

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Amblyomma sculptum showed a plasmatocyte‐dominant haemocyte profile. Beauveria bassiana increased plasmatocytes and reduced granulocytes, whereas Metarhizium robertsii did not cause significant changes. Amblyomma americanum showed a granulocyte‐dominant haemocyte profile. Beauveria bassiana reduced total haemocytes and granulocytes. B.
Cárita de Souza Ribeiro‐Silva, Valesca Henrique Lima, Salorrane Miranda N. Pinto, Gustavo Felizardo S. Sandes, Victor Hugo Ribeiro Costa, Albert Mulenga, Adela S. Oliva Chavez, Éverton Kort Kamp Fernandes   +7 more
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Isolation of Heartland Virus from Lone Star Ticks, Georgia, USA, 2019

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
Report of a human death and exposure of white-tailed deer to Heartland virus (HRTV) in Georgia, USA, prompted the sampling of questing ticks during 2018–2019 in 26 sites near where seropositive deer were captured and the residence of the human case ...
Yamila Romer, Kayla Adcock, Zhuoran Wei, Daniel G. Mead, Oscar Kirstein, Steph Bellman, Anne Piantadosi, Uriel Kitron, Gonzalo M. Vazquez-Prokopec   +8 more
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From Infection to Anxiety: A Sequential Model Linking Latent Toxoplasmosis to Psychological Distress via Health and Stress

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Identifying the drivers of chronic stress is crucial for understanding its impact on mental health. Latent toxoplasmosis, a widespread parasitic infection, has been linked to various psychological changes. The Stress‐Coping Hypothesis proposes that at least some of these changes are consequences of chronic stress arising from the infection's ...
Jaroslav Flegr, Ashkan Latifi, Šárka Kaňková   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The phenology of ticks and the effects of long-term prescribed burning on tick population dynamics in southwestern Georgia and northwestern Florida. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Some tick populations have increased dramatically in the past several decades leading to an increase in the incidence and emergence of tick-borne diseases.
Elizabeth R Gleim, L Mike Conner, Roy D Berghaus, Michael L Levin, Galina E Zemtsova, Michael J Yabsley   +5 more
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Transfusion‐related alpha‐gal syndrome: Two new cases expanding the demographic and geographic spectrum, and evidence of a diagnostic gap in allergic transfusion reaction evaluation

Transfusion, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Transfusion‐related alpha‐gal syndrome (TRAGS) has recently been proposed as a cause of allergic transfusion reactions (ATRs) in which alpha‐gal‐specific IgE in sensitized group O (or potentially group A) recipients reacts with epitopes on group B or AB plasma‐containing components.
Mackenzie Foster, Miriam Brown, Angela Mueller, Toufik Tahiri, Kaycie Atchison, Deva Sharma, Cosby A. Stone Jr., Jonathan Tucci, Garrett S. Booth, Jeremy W. Jacobs   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source