Collection of Ticks for Surveillance of Disease Agents on a Mountain in Central Virginia [PDF]
, 2016 Tick-borne disease is found all over the world, and interest in disease surveillance for tick-borne illnesses has increased, partly because some of the illnesses are becoming more common.
Stanley, Heather E
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Silencing Expression of the Defensin, Varisin, in Male Dermacentor variabilis by RNA Interference Results in Reduced Anaplasma Marginale Infections [PDF]
, 2008 Antimicrobial peptides, including defensins, are components of the innate immune system in ticks that have been shown to provide protection against both gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria.
de la Fuente, Jose +5 more
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Mitochondrial Genomes of the American Dog Tick (Dermacentor variabilis) Isolated from Horses in the Midwestern United States. [PDF]
Microbiol Resour Announc, 2023 Reynolds S +3 more
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Identification of endemic foci of Lyme disease: isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi from feral rodents and ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) [PDF]
, 1985 John F. Anderson +3 more
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Sex and age specific infestation rates of raccoons (Procyon lotor) by American dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) [PDF]
, 2005 only availableAmerican dog ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) can have profound direct and indirect effects on human and wildlife hosts. However, there is little information on their short- or long-term rates of parasitism in free-ranging wildlife ...
Gompper, Matthew Edzart +2 more
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Human parasitism by the exotic tick Dermacentor variabilis (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) in Brazil: report of an imported case. [PDF]
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet, 2022 Martins TF, Pinter A.
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Comparative Vector Competence ofDermacentor variabilisandIxodes scapularis(Acari: Ixodidae) for the Agent of Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis [PDF]
, 1999 Franka des Vignes +2 more
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Rickettsial Infection inDermacentor variabilis(Acari: Ixodidae) Inhibits Transovarial Transmission of a SecondRickettsia [PDF]
, 2002 Kevin R. Macaluso +3 more
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Prevalence of Rickettsia species in Dermacentor variabilis ticks from Ontario, Canada
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2016 Relatively little is known about the prevalence of rickettsial species in Dermacentor ticks in eastern Canada. In this study, Dermacentor ticks from the province of Ontario, Canada, were tested for the presence of spotted fever group rickettsial (SFGR) species, Coxiella burnetii and Francisella tularensis.
Liz Dillon +3 more
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Testing viability of oligonucleotide primers on microsatellite markers amplified by polymerase chain reaction on Dermacentor variabilis samples from the Bulloch county region of Georgia, USA [PDF]
, 2018 Dermacentor variabilis, more commonly known as the wood tick, or the American dog tick, can be found all over North America. D. variabilis is a common tick in Bulloch county, Georgia, USA, and little is known about the population structure of this ...
Souza, Danielle
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