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Insects, 2023 Tick-borne diseases and a tick-induced red meat allergy have become increasingly common in the northeastern USA and elsewhere. At the scale of local communities, few studies have documented tick densities or infection levels to characterize current ...
Allison A. Snow +5 more
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Bunyaviruses are common in male and female Ixodes scapularis ticks in central Pennsylvania [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis is widely distributed in the United States and transmits multiple pathogens to humans, wildlife and domestic animals. Recently, several novel viruses in the family Bunyaviridae (South Bay virus (SBV) and Blacklegged
Joyce M. Sakamoto +6 more
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Insects, 2019 Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis Say) are the vector for pathogens that cause more cases of human disease than any other arthropod. Lyme disease is the most common, caused by the bacterial spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi (Johnson, Schmid, Hyde ...
Megan A. Linske +5 more
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Monitoring of Nesting Songbirds Detects Established Population of Blacklegged Ticks and Associated Lyme Disease Endemic Area in Canada [PDF]
, 2020 This study provides a novel method of documenting established populations of bird-feeding ticks. Single populations of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, and the rabbit tick, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, were revealed in southwestern Québec ...
Pascoe, Emily L +7 more
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Seasonality in Diurnal Locomotory Patterns of Adult Blacklegged Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) [PDF]
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2005 We continuously recorded the activity of adult and nymphal blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, exposed to diurnal light and temperature cycles in a laboratory test chamber by using a digital camera controlled by an intervalometer. Adult ticks collected and tested in the fall exhibited a bimodal pattern of activity, with peaks shortly after lights
Stephanie C, Madden, Robert C, Madden
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Evaluating the Distribution of Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in a Region of Recent Expansion [PDF]
, 2021 Blacklegged ticks are the primary vector for Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne illness in the United States. In the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, established populations of blacklegged ticks were first reported in southwestern counties in 1998.
Miller, William L. +5 more
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Comparative hologenomics of two Ixodes scapularis tick populations in New Jersey [PDF]
PeerJ, 2021 Tick-borne diseases, such as those transmitted by the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis, are a significant and growing public health problem in the US.
Dana C. Price +3 more
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, 2023 Berberis thunbergii (Japanese barberry) is an invasive shrub that escaped cultivation and spread in the northeastern United States. The impact of varying degrees of Japanese barberry invasion on the abundances of a Lyme disease bacterium vector, Ixodes ...
Pitt, Amber L. +5 more
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Adverse moisture events predict seasonal abundance of Lyme disease vector ticks (Ixodes scapularis)
Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background Lyme borreliosis (LB) is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in north temperate regions worldwide, affecting an estimated 300,000 people annually in the United States alone.
Kathryn A Berger +4 more
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Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023 The 4-Poster Tick Control Deer Feeder (4-poster) device applies acaricide to white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and can reduce populations of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), which transmits the agents of Lyme disease, anaplasmosis ...
Courtney C. Nawrocki +15 more
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