Decoupling of Blacklegged Tick Abundance and Lyme Disease Incidence in Southern Maine, USA
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2019 AbstractLyme disease is caused by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi Johnson, Schmid, Hyde, Steigerwalt, and Brenner (Spirocheatales: Spirochaetaceae) which is transmitted through the bite of an infected blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis Say (Ixodida: Ixodidae).
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Viruses, 2018 Ixodes scapularis ticks harbor a variety of microorganisms, including eukaryotes, bacteria and viruses. Some of these can be transmitted to and cause disease in humans and other vertebrates.
Shaun T. Cross +6 more
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Gene expression in Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus: Identification of tick antigens and investigation of the tick RNA interference pathway [PDF]
, 2009 The cattle tick Rhipicephalus microplus is a hematophagous ectoparasite of major veterinary importance both globally and in Australia. Australian beef cattle producers in the tropical and subtropical regions of the continent suffer estimated annual ...
Kurscheid, Sebastian
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Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2016 Reducing exposure to ticks can help prevent Lyme disease and other tickborne diseases. Although it is currently recommended to dry clothes on high heat for one hour to kill ticks on clothing after spending time outdoors, this recommendation is based on a single published study of tick survival under various washing conditions and a predetermined one ...
Christina A, Nelson +7 more
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Growth of Cowdria ruminantium, the causative agent of heartwater, in a tick cell line [PDF]
, 2000 The tick-borne rickettsia Cowdria ruminantium has been propagated continuously for over 500 days in the Ixodes scapularis tick cell line IDE8 by using the Gardel isolate from bovine endothelial cells as an inoculum.
Sumption, Keith J +3 more
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Tick Cell Culture Analysis of Growth Dynamics and Cellular Tropism of Rickettsia buchneri, an Endosymbiont of the Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis. [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Thorpe CJ +3 more
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Modeling future climate suitability for the western blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus, in California with an emphasis on land access and ownership. [PDF]
Ticks Tick Borne Dis, 2021 Hahn MB +6 more
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An economic evaluation of tick line deregulation in Queensland [PDF]
Rhipicephalus microplus, the cattle tick, is widely distributed across many tropical and subtropical regions of the world and has been identified as the most economically important species of tick across a number of countries.
Chudleigh, Fred, Franco-Dixon, Mary Ann
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, 2013 Temperature and humidity have been identified as significant determinants of suitable blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) habitat. The temperature-vegetation dryness index (TVDI) uses remotely sensed observations of both temperature and vegetation cover
Berger, K. A., Mather, T. N., Wang, Y.
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Efficacy of low-dose fipronil bait against blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) larvae feeding on white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) under simulated field conditions. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2021 Poché DM +3 more
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