Estimating Infected Blacklegged Tick Encounters Among Outdoor Workers in Minnesota. [PDF]
EcohealthAbstract Outdoor workers are at increased risk of tick-borne diseases, yet we poorly understand the interaction between occupational risk factors and worker behavior. This study integrates active tick surveillance with worker-reported survey data to assess how occupational behaviors, demographic characteristics ...
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Infection-Mediated Shifts in the Microbial Communities of Deer-Fed Ixodes scapularis Ticks [PDF]
MicroorganismsThe holobiont of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) includes maternally inherited rickettsial endosymbionts and environmentally acquired microbes that may influence tick fitness and vector competence.
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Monitoring of Nesting Songbirds Detects Established Population of Blacklegged Ticks and Associated Lyme Disease Endemic Area in Canada [PDF]
Healthcare (Switzerland), 2020 Emily L Pascoe, Janet Foley
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A CRISPR/LbCas12a system for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto detection in blacklegged ticks [PDF]
Journal of Medical EntomologyWilliam J Landesman, Matthew S Hayden
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Applied Sciences, 2023 The questing behaviors of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are largely regulated by environmental factors such as temperature, humidity, and vegetation.
Chong Di +3 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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Neurophysiological and behavioral responses of blacklegged ticks to host odors
Journal of Insect Physiology, 2021 The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Ixodida, Ixodidae), is one of the major disease vectors in the United States, and due to multiple human impact factors, such as decreasing forest size for land development and climate change, it has expanded its range and established across the United States.
Tanya, Josek +3 more
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Modeling Climate Suitability of the Western Blacklegged Tick in California [PDF]
Journal of Medical Entomology, 2018 Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls (Acari: Ixodidae), the primary vector of Lyme disease spirochetes to humans in the far-western United States, is broadly distributed across Pacific Coast states, but its distribution is not uniform within this large, ecologically diverse region.
Eisen, Rebecca J +7 more
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A Computer Vision Approach to Identifying Ticks Related to Lyme Disease
IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 2022 Background: Lyme disease (caused by Borrelia burgdorferi) is an infectious disease transmitted to humans by a bite from infected blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in eastern North America.
Sina Akbarian +7 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background The universal nature of the human–companion animal relationship and their shared ticks and tick-borne pathogens offers an opportunity for improving public and veterinary health surveillance.
Mark P. Nelder +7 more
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