Allee Effects May Slow the Spread of Parasites in a Coastal Marine Ecosystem [PDF]
, 2011 Allee effects are thought to mediate the dynamics of population colonization, particularly for invasive species. However, Allee effects acting on parasites have rarely been considered in the analogous process of infectious disease establishment and ...
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, 2023 4. Ixodes acutitarsus (Karsch, 1880). Oriental: 1) China (south), 2) India, 3) Myanmar, 4) Nepal (south and central), 5) Taiwan, 6) Thailand, 7) Vietnam; Palearctic: 1) China (north), 2) Japan (except the Ryukyu Islands), 3) Nepal (north and central) (Yamaguti et al. 1971, Tanskul et al. 1983, Keirans 1985b, Robbins 2005, Kolonin 2009, Chen et al. 2010,
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Transcriptome analysis of the synganglion from the honey bee mite, Varroa destructor and RNAi knockdown of neural peptide targets [PDF]
, 2016 Acknowledgements This work was funded by BBSRC-LINK grant # BB/J01009X/1 and Vita Europe Ltd. We are grateful to the Scottish Beekeepers Association, especially Mr Phil McAnespie in supporting this work at its inception.
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First genetic report of Ixodes kashmiricus and associated Rickettsia sp.
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background Hard ticks (Ixodidae) are hematophagous ectoparasites that transmit various pathogens to a variety of hosts including humans. Transhumant herds have been involved in the spread of ticks and associated Rickettsia spp., and studies on this ...
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\u3ci\u3eIxodes Dentatus\u3c/i\u3e (Acari: Ixodidae) in Michigan: First State Records and Occurrence on a Human [PDF]
, 2017 An Ixodes dentatus adult female was taken from a cottontail rabbit in Kalamazoo County, and a nymph from a child in Berrien County, in 1992 in Michigan.
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Bayesian data assimilation provides rapid decision support for vector-borne diseases [PDF]
, 2015 Predicting the spread of vector-borne diseases in response to incursions requires knowledge of both host and vector demographics in advance of an outbreak.
Brown, Richard, Jewell, Chris
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Cases of Lyme Disease Appear to Follow Periodic Cycles Linked to Geography [PDF]
, 2018 We are studying the spread of Lyme disease through Wisconsin. It is important because the number of people diagnosed with Lyme Disease in the US is around 300,000, annually (CDC 2017). The CDC has collected data of reported Lyme Disease
Marshall, Jeremy, Van Pelt, Nicholas
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VectorBase: improvements to a bioinformatics resource for invertebrate vector genomics. [PDF]
, 2011 VectorBase (http://www.vectorbase.org) is a NIAID-supported bioinformatics resource for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens. It hosts data for nine genomes: mosquitoes (three Anopheles gambiae genomes, Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus), tick (
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Comparison of synthetic membranes in the development of an in vitro feeding system for Dermanyssus gallinae [PDF]
, 2010 Although artificial feeding models for the poultry red mite (Dermanyssus gallinae) most frequently use biological membranes consisting of day-old chick skin, there are ethical considerations associated with the use of skin.
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Genus Ixodes Four species of the genus Ixodes have been reported infesting rodents and small ruminants in Pakistan’s northern areas. These species are Ixodes hyatti Clifford, Hoogstraal and Kohls, 1971, Ixodes kashmiricus Pomerantzev, 1948, Ixodes redikorzevi Olenev, 1927, and Ixodes stromi Filippova, 1957 (Fig. 33) (McCarthy 1967; Begum et al.
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