Phylogeographic dynamics of the arthropod vector, the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background The emergence of vector-borne pathogens in novel geographic areas is regulated by the migration of their arthropod vectors. Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) and the pathogens they vector, including the causative agents of Lyme disease ...
Kayleigh R. O’Keeffe +8 more
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Mechanical Acaricides Active against the Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis [PDF]
Insects, 2022 Cases of Lyme disease in humans are on the rise in the United States and Canada. The vector of the bacteria that causes this disease is the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis. Current control methods for I. scapularis mainly involve chemical acaricides.
Elise A. Richardson +2 more
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Tritrophic interactions between a fungal pathogen, a spider predator, and the blacklegged tick [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2018 The blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis is the primary vector for the bacterium causing Lyme disease in eastern North America and for other medically important pathogens.
Ilya R. Fischhoff +3 more
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Blacklegged Tick or Deer Tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Arachnida: Acari: Ixodidae)
EDIS, 2003 In the United States, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say affects the greatest number of people for three principal reasons: their geographic distribution coincides in the northeastern United States with the greatest concentration of humans ...
Michael R. Patnaude, Thomas N. Mather
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Climate impacts on blacklegged tick host-seeking behavior. [PDF]
Int J Parasitol, 2019 The nymph of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), the primary North American vector of the causative agent of Lyme disease, must attach to a host by the end of its questing season in order to feed and subsequently molt into an adult. The proper timing of this behavior is critical both for the tick's survival and for perpetuating the transmission ...
McClure M, Diuk-Wasser MA.
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Species distribution models for the eastern blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, and the Lyme disease pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi, in Ontario, Canada. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is established in several regions of Ontario, Canada, and continues to spread into new geographic areas across the province at a rapid rate. This poses a significant public health risk since I.
Andreea M Slatculescu +9 more
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Human granulocytic anaplasmosis acquired from a blacklegged tick in Ontario. [PDF]
CMAJ, 2018 KEY POINTS A 79-year-old man was admitted to hospital in July after five days of fever (38°C as measured at home), headache, sensitivity to light, nausea and vomiting. Two weeks earlier, the patient had noticed a tick attached to his skin after hiking in the forest near his home.
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Does Experimental Reduction of Blacklegged Tick (Ixodes scapularis) Abundance Reduce Lyme Disease Incidence? [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Controlling the abundance of blacklegged ticks is considered the foundation for the prevention of human exposure to pathogens transmitted by these vectors in eastern North America. The use of broadcast or host-targeted acaricides is generally found to be
Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing
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Modeling Climate Suitability of the Western Blacklegged Tick in California. [PDF]
J Med Entomol, 2018 Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls (Acari: Ixodidae), the primary vector of Lyme disease spirochetes to humans in the far-western United States, is broadly distributed across Pacific Coast states, but its distribution is not uniform within this large, ecologically diverse region.
Eisen RJ +7 more
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The Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis: An Increasing Public Health Concern. [PDF]
Trends Parasitol, 2018 In the United States, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is a vector of seven human pathogens, including those causing Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Borrelia miyamotoi disease, Powassan virus disease, and ehrlichiosis associated with Ehrlichia muris eauclarensis. In addition to an accelerated rate of discovery of I.
Eisen RJ, Eisen L.
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