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Infection-Mediated Shifts in the Microbial Communities of Deer-Fed Ixodes scapularis Ticks

Microorganisms
The holobiont of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) includes maternally inherited rickettsial endosymbionts and environmentally acquired microbes that may influence tick fitness and vector competence.
Patil Tawidian, Bradley J. Tucker, Tela E. Zembsch, Hon S. Ip, Lyric C. Bartholomay   +4 more
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Detection of Ehrlichia muris eauclairensis in Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) and White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in Massachusetts. [PDF]

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, 2023
Xu G, Foster E, Ribbe F, Hojgaard A, Eisen RJ, Paull S, Rich SM.   +6 more
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Prevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi and diversity of its outer surface protein C (ospC) alleles in blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in Delaware. [PDF]

Ticks Tick Borne Dis, 2023
Shifflett SA, Wiedmeyer T, Kennedy A, Maestas L, Buoni M, Ciloglu A, Ellis VA.   +6 more
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Tick-Borne Pathogens in Questing Blacklegged Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) From Pike County, Pennsylvania. [PDF]

J Med Entomol, 2022
Schwartz S, Calvente E, Rollinson E, Sample Koon Koon D, Chinnici N.   +4 more
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Cryptic Genes for Interbacterial Antagonism Distinguish <i>Rickettsia</i> Species Infecting Blacklegged Ticks From Other <i>Rickettsia</i> Pathogens. [PDF]

Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 2022
Verhoeve VI, Fauntleroy TD, Risteen RG, Driscoll TP, Gillespie JJ.   +4 more
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The Effects of Soil pH and Composition on Blacklegged Tick Molting Success Avian Window Strike Mortality on Union College Campus [PDF]

, 2013
The blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) is the one of the most significant vectors of infectious disease in the world and most notorious for its ability to transmit Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
Ahern, Kaleigh
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Interactions between sympatric invasive European fire ants (Myrmica rubra) and blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis). [PDF]

PLoS One, 2021
Guarnieri LD, McBride SE, Groden E, Gardner AM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Predicting distributions of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto) and human Lyme disease cases in the eastern United States. [PDF]

Ticks Tick Borne Dis, 2022
Burtis JC, Foster E, Schwartz AM, Kugeler KJ, Maes SE, Fleshman AC, Eisen RJ.   +6 more
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Sexual dimorphism of the Lyme disease bacterium in its tick vector – Abundance of Borrelia burgdorferi is higher in female than male Ixodes scapularis larvae

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Background: In North America, the tick-borne spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (ss) causes Lyme disease and is transmitted by the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis. Acquisition and transmission of B.
Cody W. Koloski, Hesham Adam, Azka Siddiqa, Brooklyn Bourgeois, Neil B. Chilton, Monika Gulia-Nuss, Maarten J. Voordouw   +6 more
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Lemongrass essential oil and DEET inhibit attractant detection in infected and non-infected Ixodes scapularis ticks

Current Research in Insect Science
Blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say (Arachnida: Ixodidae), is a growing health concern for humans as vectors the causative agent of Lyme disease, Borrelia burgdorferi, and many other pathogens. Given the potential health threat I. scapularis entails,
Kayla Gaudet, Luis Adriano Anholeto, N. Kirk Hillier, Nicoletta Faraone   +3 more
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