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Dermacentor variabilis: An Unusual foreign body of the external ear canal
Otolaryngology Case Reports, 2020 This case helps identify common aural foreign bodies in the pediatric population, understand the management of aural foreign bodies, and reviews special considerations that should be made with a tick as an aural foreign body. This is a case report of one
Ryan Akin +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 Between March 2014 and February 2017, host-seeking ticks were collected during the late spring and summer months seasonally, and as well as continually through all seasons from several sites in a periurban environment in Pittsburg, Kansas, located in the
Ali Hroobi +8 more
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Rickettsiales in Ticks Removed from Outdoor Workers, Southwest Georgia and Northwest Florida, USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 We determined the prevalence of selected Rickettsiales in 362 ticks removed from outdoor workers in southwest Georgia and northwest Florida, USA. Persons submitted an average of 1.1 ticks/month.
Elizabeth R. Gleim +6 more
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Ecology and Epidemiology of Tickborne Pathogens, Washington, USA, 2011–2016
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020 Tickborne diseases are rare in Washington, USA, and the ecology of these pathogens is poorly understood. We integrated surveillance data from humans and ticks to better describe their epidemiology and ecology.
Elizabeth A. Dykstra +9 more
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Rickettsia parkeri and Rickettsia montanensis, Kentucky and Tennessee, USA
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014 We found that 14.3% (15/105) of Amblyomma maculatum and 3.3% (10/299) of Dermacentor variabilis ticks collected at 3 high-use military training sites in west-central Kentucky and northern Tennessee, USA, were infected with Rickettsia parkeri and ...
Benedict B. Pagac +5 more
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Nonrandom distribution of vector ticks (Dermacentor variabilis) infected by Francisella tularensis. [PDF]
PLoS Pathogens, 2009 The island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, is the site of a sustained outbreak of tularemia due to Francisella tularensis tularensis. Dog ticks, Dermacentor variabilis, appear to be critical in the perpetuation of the agent there. Tularemia has long
Heidi K Goethert, Sam R Telford
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Insects, 2023 Ticks are vectors of many human and animal zoonotic disease-causing agents causing significant global health and economic strain. Repellents and acaricides are integral to the human capacity for personal protection from tick bites.
Eric L. Siegel +7 more
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Human attachment site preferences of ticks parasitizing in New York
Scientific Reports, 2022 Ticks transmit several arthropod-borne pathogens in New York State. The primary human-biting ticks in this region are Ixodes scapularis, Amblyomma americanum, and Dermacentor variabilis.
Charles Hart +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2022 Ticks are the most important vectors of zoonotic disease-causing pathogens in North America and Europe. Many tick species are expanding their geographic range. Although correlational evidence suggests that climate change is driving the range expansion of
Caleb Nielebeck +6 more
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Biology of Francisella tularensis subspecies holarctica live vaccine strain in the tick vector Dermacentor variabilis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BackgroundThe γ-proteobacterium Francisella tularensis is the etiologic agent of seasonal tick-transmitted tularemia epizootics in rodents and rabbits and of incidental infections in humans. The biology of F.
Rinosh J Mani +4 more
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