Circadian regulation of locomotion, respiration, and arousability in adult blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is an ectoparasitic arachnid and vector for infectious diseases, including Lyme borreliosis. Here, we investigate the diurnal activity and respiration of wild-caught and lab-reared adult ticks with long-term video
Jack P. Marshall +7 more
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Effects of residential acaricide treatments on patterns of pathogen coinfection in blacklegged ticks [PDF]
ParasitologyMedically important ixodid ticks often carry multiple pathogens, with individual ticks frequently coinfected and capable of transmitting multiple infections to hosts, including humans.
Richard S. Ostfeld +12 more
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Blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, reduce predation risk by eavesdropping on communication signals of Formica oreas thatching ants [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceTicks spend most of their life inhabiting leaf litter and detritus where they are protected from sun but preyed upon by ants. Ants secrete chemical communication signals to coordinate group tasks such as nest defence.
Claire E. Gooding +4 more
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Monitoring of Nesting Songbirds Detects Established Population of Blacklegged Ticks and Associated Lyme Disease Endemic Area in Canada [PDF]
Healthcare, 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 ...
Janet Foley, Emily L Pascoe
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Pathogens, 2023 Controlling the abundance of blacklegged ticks is considered the foundation for the prevention of human exposure to pathogens transmitted by these vectors in eastern North America. The use of broadcast or host-targeted acaricides is generally found to be
Richard S. Ostfeld, Felicia Keesing
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Contrasting epigenetics of Ixodes scapularis populations [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHard ticks are a source of public health concern, in part due to their ability to inhabit different environments. In the United States (US), blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis Say), the primary vector of Lyme disease, exhibit various phenotypes ...
Stephanie Guzman-Valencia +18 more
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Effects of Neighborhood-Scale Acaricidal Treatments on Infection Prevalence of Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) with Three Zoonotic Pathogens. [PDF]
Pathogens, 2023 Acaricides are hypothesized to reduce human risk of exposure to tick-borne pathogens by decreasing the abundance and/or infection prevalence of the ticks that serve as vectors for the pathogens.
Ostfeld RS +11 more
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Ecological and Epidemiological Consequences of Tick-Control Interventions in Residential Neighborhoods: A Synthesis of The Tick Project. [PDF]
Transbound Emerg DisControlling populations of Ixodes ticks has emerged as a core strategy for reducing human exposure to tick‐borne infections. Several means of reducing the size of the tick population using chemical and biological acaricides show promise in field trials and are frequently used commercially in North America and Europe.
Ostfeld RS, Keesing F.
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In vitro and in vivo acaricidal properties of orally delivered ivermectin against the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground The lack of effective and affordable new environmental tick control products is one of the major challenges to the existing control strategies against the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), the vector of Lyme disease affecting public health
Jolieke G. van Oosterwijk +3 more
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Genetic Melting Pot in Blacklegged Ticks at the Northern Edge of their Expansion Front [PDF]
Journal of Heredity, 2020 Patrick Leighton +2 more
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