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Blacklegged Ticks, Ixodes scapularis, Respond to Sex‐Attractant Semiochemicals of Male Deer Mice, Peromyscus maniculatus

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Ticks are obligate ectoparasites that blood‐feed on a variety of vertebrate hosts including rodents such as deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus bairdii. Female blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis—but not female lone star ticks, Amblyomma americanum, or American dog ticks, Dermacentor variabilis—were attracted to urine‐ and feces‐soiled bedding of male ...
Claire E. Gooding, Sauleha Yaqub, Layla Gould, Regine Gries, Gerhard Gries   +4 more
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Copy Number Variation‐Based Molecular Sexing of Ixodes scapularis and Rhipicephalus microplus Immature Stages Using qPCR and ddPCR Approaches

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 11, November 2026.
We developed and validated a copy number variation (CNV)‐based molecular method to accurately determine the sex of immature ticks, Ixodes scapularis and Rhipicephalus microplus, which lack morphological sexual dimorphism. Using qPCR and ddPCR assays targeting female‐enriched genes, sex was reliably identified from DNA extracted non‐destructively from a
Arvind Sharma, Benjamin Faustino, Isaac Hinne, Jakub Wudarski, Saransh Beniwal, Nurul Hamidi, Kyla Ercit, Sanjay Basu, Malimba Lisulo, Mattia Poletto, Kelly J. Matzen, Monika Gulia‐Nuss   +11 more
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Geographic Variation in Peromyscus leucopus Population Size and Small Mammal Community Richness in Northern Pennsylvania

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 10, October 2026.
The white‐footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, is a generalist species that serves as the primary reservoir for Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. Current estimates of P. leucopus population size in Pennsylvania lack geographic variation and context regarding the diversity of their communities.
Michael G. Rowley, Gaimi Davies, Priscilla Langlais, Matthew Williams, Nicole Chinnici   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stemming the Rising Tide of Human-Biting Ticks and Tickborne Diseases, United States

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Ticks and tickborne diseases are increasingly problematic. There have been positive developments that should result in improved strategies and better tools to suppress ticks, reduce human tick bites, and roll back tickborne diseases.
Lars Eisen
doaj   +1 more source

You Scratch My Back: White‐Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) Sibling Pairs Engage in Allogrooming in Response to Tick Burdens

Journal of Zoology, Volume 330, Issue 2, Page 142-148, October 2026.
This study investigated whether blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) infestation influences allogrooming behavior in sibling pairs of white‐footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus). Using laboratory‐reared siblings housed in pairs, we compared allogrooming frequency and cumulative duration between tick‐infested and non‐infested groups across both sexes ...
Jessica E. Brown, Caroline Stickler, Erika T. Machtinger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Similar microbiome compositions of nymphal blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) infected and uninfected with Borrelia burgdorferi in Delaware

, 2023
Ellis, VincenzoPathogens can be influenced by their host's microbiome, and this can have consequences for pathogen dynamics. Therefore, characterizing the microbiome of hosts, particularly vectors, may help explain pathogen transmission patterns and ...
Casey, Tyler
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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.
Andrew J. MacDonald, Craig O’Neill, Melissa H. Yoshimizu, Kerry A. Padgett, Ashley E. Larsen   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Profiling Major Livestock Diseases in the East Gojjam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia, Using Participatory Epidemiology Methods

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2026.
Participatory epidemiology identified CBPP, LSD, FMD and sheep/goat pox as the major livestock diseases in East Gojjam, Ethiopia, highlighting strong community‐based disease recognition and emphasizing the value of integrating local knowledge into veterinary surveillance and disease control systems.
Liuel Yizengaw Adnie, Haregua Yesigat, Arega Tafere, Kifle Wondimagegnehu, Dessalew Habte, Natenael Teshager, Habtamu Yalew Ayenew, Fentahun Shitaw   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence of a tick RNAi pathway by comparative genomics and reverse genetics screen of targets with known loss-of-function phenotypes in Drosophila [PDF]

, 2009
Background The Arthropods are a diverse group of organisms including Chelicerata (ticks, mites, spiders), Crustacea (crabs, shrimps), and Insecta (flies, mosquitoes, beetles, silkworm).
Rodriguez Valle, Manuel, Lew-Tabor, AE, Doogan, VJ, Doogan, V.J, Roberto A Barrero, Vivienne J Doogan, Bruyeres, A.G., Bellgard, Matthew I., Valle, MR, Kurscheid, S., Guerrero, FD, Bellgard, M.I., Ulrike G Munderloh, Barrero, RA, Lew-Tabor, Ala E., Bruyeres, Anthea G., Doogan, Vivienne J., Kurscheid, S, Felix D Guerrero, Bruyeres, AG, Lew-Tabor, A.E., Manuel Rodriguez Valle, Anthea G Bruyeres, Guerrero, F.D., Matthew I Bellgard, Bellgard, MI, Munderloh, U.G., Munderloh, UG, Munderloh, Ulrike G., Rodriguez Valle, M., Sebastian Kurscheid, Kurscheid, Sebastian, Barrero, R.A., Ala E Lew-Tabor, Guerrero, Felix D., Barrero, Roberto A.   +35 more
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The Estimation of Phenotypic and Genetic Parameters for Growth Rate Traits of Abergelle Goat Under the Community‐Based Breeding Programme in the North‐Eastern Parts of Ethiopia

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2026.
Genetic and phenotypic parameters for growth traits of Abergelle goats were estimated using 6 years of data from community‐based breeding programme in scale‐up villages. Growth traits showed positive genetic and phenotypic correlations, with moderate to high heritability, indicating strong potential for genetic improvement through selection.
Yeshiwas Walle Abebe, Wossenie Shibabaw Meberatie, Zeleke Tesema Wondie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source