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Permission to Bite: White-footed mice show no increased grooming response to tick infestation. [PDF]

J Zool (1987)
White‐footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) are one of the most frequently studied hosts of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis); however, interactions between white‐footed mice and ticks are not easily observed. This study aimed to quantify activity patterns in white‐footed mice and to assess their behavioral responses to parasitism by blacklegged ticks ...
Brown JE, Chuard P, Machtinger ET.
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A Case of Illness Following a Bite by a Male Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum Linnaeus) Infected With Ehrlichia sp. and Rickettsia amblyommatis in Connecticut, United States

Clinical Case Reports
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 increased risk of tick‐borne pathogen transmission in the Northeast.
Noelle Khalil, Abigail Chang, Lorelei Sandland, Henry M. Feder Jr., Goudarz Molaei   +4 more
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Tracking seasonal activity of the western blacklegged tick across California [PDF]

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2019
Abstract Understanding seasonal patterns of activity, or phenology, of vector species is fundamental to determining seasonality of disease risk and epidemics of vector‐borne disease. Spatiotemporal variation in abiotic conditions can influence variation in phenological patterns and life history events, which can dramatically influence the ecological ...
Andrew J. MacDonald, Craig O’Neill, Melissa H. Yoshimizu, Kerry A. Padgett, Ashley E. Larsen   +4 more
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HOST SELECTION BY BLACKLEGGED TICKS (IXODES SCAPULARIS)

Here, I have broken the blacklegged tick host selection process into discrete stages — from encountering a host to climbing onto a host — to empirically evaluate how juvenile blacklegged ticks select (or perhaps do not select) their hosts. By breaking down the host selection process into discrete stages where ticks may or may not exhibit differential ...
Burton, Emily
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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.
europepmc   +3 more sources

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, Feirer S, Padgett KA, Hahn MB, Monaghan AJ, Kramer VL, Lane RS, Kelly M.   +7 more
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Circadian regulation of locomotion, respiration, and arousability in adult blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis)

Scientific Reports
The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is an ectoparasitic arachnid and vector for infectious diseases, including Lyme borreliosis. Here, we investigate the diurnal activity and respiration of wild-caught and lab-reared adult ticks with long-term video
Jack P. Marshall, Emily Marinko, Amber To, Jilian L. Morejon, Ritika Joshi, Jamien Shea, Allen G. Gibbs, Matthew R. Meiselman   +7 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.
Edginton S, Guan TH, Evans G, Srivastava S.   +3 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Attitudes and behavioral outcomes of Nebraska hunters toward tick-borne disease [PDF]

Scientific Reports
New threats to public and animal health are emerging as changes in climate, land use, and vegetation alter the landscape of the Great Plains. The annual incidence of tick-borne disease in Nebraska is increasing, and newly established species such as ...
Dominic J. Cristiano, Roberto Cortinas, Larkin A. Powell, Elizabeth VanWormer   +3 more
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Ehrlichia and Anaplasma

EDIS, 2021
Ehrlichia and Anaplasma are bacteria that cause diseases, known as ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis, in humans and other animals. Ehrlichia and Anaplasma are primarily transmitted through the bites of infected hard ticks, such as the lone star tick, the ...
Yuexun Tian, Cynthia C Lord, Eva A. Buckner   +2 more
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