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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 +8 more
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An analysis of companion animal tick encounters as revealed by photograph‐based crowdsourced data
Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 7, Issue 6, Page 2198-2208, November 2021., 2021 Crowdsourced data reveal that mostly adult ticks are spotted on pets, and that they are detected later in the blood‐feeding process than were ticks attached to humans, putting pets at heightened risk for tick‐borne disease transmission. The doubling of reports of ticks found on pets during autumn and winter may reveal a critical knowledge gap amongst ...
Heather L. Kopsco +2 more
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Update of P2X receptor properties and their pharmacology: IUPHAR Review 30
British Journal of Pharmacology, Volume 178, Issue 3, Page 489-514, February 2021., 2021 The known seven mammalian receptor subunits (P2X1–7) form cationic channels gated by ATP. Three subunits compose a receptor channel. Each subunit is a polypeptide consisting of two transmembrane regions (TM1 and TM2), intracellular N‐ and C‐termini, and a bulky extracellular loop.
Peter Illes +11 more
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, 2016 Spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia are primarily associated with their reservoir host and vector, the tick. Rickettsial colonization and maintenance within the arthropod is a key component of vector competence and pathogen transmission to the mammalian
Harris, Emma Kate
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2020 A survey of ixodid ticks parasitizing white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and nilgai antelope (Boselaphus tragocamelus) was completed during the 2018–2019 public hunt season on the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge (Cameron County, Texas ...
Pia U. Olafson +3 more
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Rickettsia parkeri Rickettsiosis, Arizona, USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2016 In the United States, all previously reported cases of Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis have been linked to transmission by the Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum). Here we describe 1 confirmed and 1 probable case of R.
Kristen L. Herrick +12 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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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 +4 more
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Rickettsiae in Gulf Coast Ticks, Arkansas, USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010 To determine the cause of spotted fever cases in the southern United States, we screened Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) collected in Arkansas for rickettsiae.
Rebecca Trout +3 more
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Wild pigs as sentinels for hard ticks: A case study from south-central Florida
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2018 As a result of shifts in the habitable range of ticks due to climate change and the ongoing threat of exotic tick species introductions, efficient surveillance tools for these pests and disease vectors are needed.
Mary M. Merrill +6 more
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