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Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals Clade-Specific Genetic Variation in Blacklegged Ticks [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Ticks and tick‐borne pathogens represent the greatest vector‐borne disease threat in the United States. Blacklegged ticks are responsible for most human cases, yet the disease burden is unevenly distributed across the northern and southern United States.
Jianmin Zhong, Jonathan D Oliver, Jacob Cassens   +2 more
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Genetic and Landscape Connectivity of Blacklegged Ticks During Range Expansion in Select States of the Midwestern USA [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Since the 1970s, the Midwestern USA has experienced an expansion of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), the primary vector of Lyme disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, leading to increased Lyme disease incidence.
Dahn‐young Dong, Susan M. Paskewitz, Jean I. Tsao, Sean D. Schoville   +3 more
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Multiomics Reveals Symbionts, Pathogens, and Tissue-Specific Microbiome of Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) from a Lyme Disease Hot Spot in Southeastern Ontario, Canada. [PDF]

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
Ticks in the family Ixodidae are important vectors of zoonoses, including Lyme disease (LD), which is caused by spirochete bacteria from the Borreliella (Borrelia) burgdorferi sensu lato complex.
Amber Rose Paulson, Stephen C. Lougheed, Robert I Colautti   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Influences of Host Community Characteristics on Borrelia burgdorferi Infection Prevalence in Blacklegged Ticks [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Lyme disease is a major vector-borne bacterial disease in the USA. The disease is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi, and transmitted among hosts and humans, primarily by blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis). The ~25 B.
Peter Smouse, Richard S. Ostfeld, Dustin R. Brisson   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

No Observed Effect of Landscape Fragmentation on Pathogen Infection Prevalence in Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in the Northeastern United States [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Pathogen prevalence within blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis Say, 1821) tends to vary across sites and geographic regions, but the underlying causes of this variation are not well understood.
Christine P Zolnik, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis, Richard Falco   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Passive Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 in Adult Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) from Northeast Pennsylvania [PDF]

Life, 2023
Monitoring the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in wildlife is vital to public health. White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in the United States have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, and their interactions with ...
Erin A. Hunt, Sarah Schwartz, Nicole Chinnici   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Population-Based Passive Tick Surveillance and Detection of Expanding Foci of Blacklegged Ticks Ixodes scapularis and the Lyme Disease Agent Borrelia burgdorferi in Ontario, Canada [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
We identified ticks submitted by the public from 2008 through 2012 in Ontario, Canada, and tested blacklegged ticks Ixodes scapularis for Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum. Among the 18 species of ticks identified, I.
Ye Li, Robbin Lindsay, Samir N Patel
exaly   +2 more sources

Spatial and temporal patterns of the emerging tick-borne pathogen Borrelia miyamotoi in blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in New York [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Borrelia miyamotoi, a bacterium that causes relapsing fever, is found in ixodid ticks throughout the northern hemisphere. The first cases of human infection with B. miyamotoi were identified in 2011.
F. Keesing, D. J. McHenry, M. H. Hersh, R. S. Ostfeld   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Spread of Lone Star Ticks (Amblyomma americanum) and Persistence of Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) on a Coastal Island in Massachusetts, USA [PDF]

Insects
In the northeastern USA, the distribution of lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum) has expanded northward in recent decades, overlapping with the range of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis). Blacklegged ticks carry pathogens for diseases such as Lyme,
Richard W. Johnson, Patrick Roden-Reynolds, Allison A. Snow, Stephen M. Rich   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

When Clades Collide: Genomic Admixture in Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) From the Great Plains [PDF]

Mol Ecol
ABSTRACTIxodes scapularis ticks transmit a number of pathogens important to human health, including Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the causative agent of Lyme disease. While I. scapularis is found across the Eastern United States, Lyme disease transmission is largely limited to the Northeast and Upper Midwest and is nearly absent in the South ...
Herzog K, Pella Z, Smith H, McCormick D, Nuss L, Brinkworth A, Chaudhari S, Duncan K, Sundstrom K, Stein S, Black H, Pietri J, Smith R, Hamik J, Cortiñas R, Fauver J.   +15 more
europepmc   +2 more sources