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Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023 Human Lyme disease–primarily caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.) in North America–is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States.
Alynn M. Martin +7 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background Blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis are vectors of the tick-borne pathogens Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti. Recently, the I.
Antonia Dibernardo +3 more
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Modeling the Effects of Reservoir Competence Decay and Demographic Turnover in Lyme Disease Ecology [PDF]
, 2002 Lyme disease risk is related to the abundance of infected nymphal ticks, which in turn depends on the abundance and reservoir competence of wild hosts. Reservoir competence of a host (i.e., probability that an infected host will infect a feeding vector ...
Ostfeld, Richard S, Schauber, Eric M
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The First case of Locally Acquired Tick-Borne Babesia Microti Infection in Canada
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology, 2014 A child with a complicated medical history that included asplenia acquired an infection with Babesia microti in the summer of 2013 and had not travelled outside of Manitoba.
Jared MP Bullard +6 more
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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
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Education on Tickborne Diseases and Prevention Strategies [PDF]
, 2017 Research suggests that around 300,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year and that around one billion dollars is spent on healthcare for Lyme disease alone.
Bernard, Christopher
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Lyme Disease and the Workplace [PDF]
, 2019 {Excerpt] Lyme disease, an infection by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, was named after a Connecticut town where a group of arthritis cases in children appeared in the early 1970s.
Brown, Nellie J
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Ecosphere, Volume 16, Issue 12, December 2025.Abstract Specific host‐tick interactions in temperate forest systems influence variation in density and infection prevalence of nymphal blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis). The density of infected nymphs (DIN), which is the product of nymphal infection prevalence (NIP) and density of questing nymphs (DON), influences the risk of human exposure to tick‐
Shannon L. LaDeau +4 more
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Geospatial Analysis of Rickettsial Species in Arkansas [PDF]
, 2019 Rickettsia species are obligate intracellular, arthropod-borne bacteria with a potential to cause multiple diseases including Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF).
Dowling, Ashley P.G., Frank, Amy D
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