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Tick Densities and Infection Prevalence on Coastal Islands in Massachusetts, USA: Establishing a Baseline

Insects, 2023
Tick-borne diseases and a tick-induced red meat allergy have become increasingly common in the northeastern USA and elsewhere. At the scale of local communities, few studies have documented tick densities or infection levels to characterize current ...
Allison A. Snow, Patrick Pearson, Guang Xu, David N. Allen, Roberto Santamaria, Stephen M. Rich   +5 more
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The prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection, and co-infections with other Borrelia spp. in Ixodes scapularis ticks collected in Canada

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, Tyler Cote, Nicholas H Ogden, L Robbin Lindsay   +3 more
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To beat or not to beat a tick: comparison of DNA extraction methods for ticks (Ixodes scapularis) [PDF]

PeerJ, 2015
Background. Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are important disease vectors in the United States, known to transmit a variety of pathogens to humans, including bacteria, protozoa, and viruses.
Alyssa D. Ammazzalorso, Christine P. Zolnik, Thomas J. Daniels, Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis   +3 more
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Citizen science informs human-tick exposure in the Northeastern United States

International Journal of Health Geographics, 2019
Background Tick-borne disease is the result of spillover of pathogens into the human population. Traditionally, literature has focused on characterization of tick-borne disease pathogens and ticks in their sylvatic cycles.
W. Tanner Porter, Peter J. Motyka, Julie Wachara, Zachary A. Barrand, Zahraa Hmood, Marya McLaughlin, Kelsey Pemberton, Nathan C. Nieto   +7 more
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Chemosensory and Behavioural Responses of Ixodes scapularis to Natural Products: Role of Chemosensory Organs in Volatile Detection

Insects, 2020
Blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, represent a significant public health concern due to their vectoring of tick-borne disease. Despite their medical importance, there is still limited knowledge of the chemosensory system of this species, and thus a ...
Nicoletta Faraone, Michael Light, Catherine Scott, Samantha MacPherson, N. Kirk Hillier   +4 more
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Two Anaplasma phagocytophilum Strains in Ixodes scapularis Ticks, Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
We developed PCR-based assays to distinguish a human pathogenic strain of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Ap-ha, from Ap-variant 1, a strain not associated with human infection. The assays were validated on A.
Chantel N. Krakowetz, Antonia Dibernardo, L. Robbin Lindsay, Neil B. Chilton   +3 more
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The Spread of Lone Star Ticks (Amblyomma americanum) and Persistence of Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) on a Coastal Island in Massachusetts, USA

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
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Ixodes scapularis density in US temperate forests shaped by deer, earthworms, and disparate factors at two scales

Ecosphere, 2022
Forest and wildlife management can help regulate the risk of human exposure to tick‐borne pathogens by influencing the population density of host‐seeking ticks and the pathogen infection prevalence in tick populations.
Scott R. Larson, Autumn E. Sabo, Eric Kruger, Phillip Jones, Susan M. Paskewitz   +4 more
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Species distribution models for the eastern blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, and the Lyme disease pathogen, Borrelia burgdorferi, in Ontario, Canada.

PLoS ONE, 2020
The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is established in several regions of Ontario, Canada, and continues to spread into new geographic areas across the province at a rapid rate. This poses a significant public health risk since I.
Andreea M Slatculescu, Katie M Clow, Roman McKay, Benoit Talbot, James J Logan, Charles R Thickstun, Claire M Jardine, Nicholas H Ogden, Anders J Knudby, Manisha A Kulkarni   +9 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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