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Sharing the Ride: Ixodes scapularis Symbionts and Their Interactions [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 The deer tick Ixodes scapularis transmits a variety of disease agents in the United States, spreading the bacteria that causes Lyme borreliosis, the protozoan agent of babesiosis, and viruses such as Powassan.
Philip E. Stewart, Marshall E. Bloom
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Zoonotic Pathogens in Ixodes scapularis, Michigan [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 To the Editor: Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged tick, is the predominant vector of reportable human vectorborne disease in the United States. It transmits agents that cause Lyme borreliosis, human anaplasmosis, and human babesiosis. I. scapularis–borne disease is becoming more frequent as this tick expands its range from tick-endemic foci in the ...
Sarah A. Hamer +6 more
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Canada Communicable Disease Report, 2022 Background The primary vectors of the agent of Lyme disease in Canada are Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks. Surveillance for ticks and the pathogens they can transmit can inform local tick-borne disease risk and guide public health ...
Christine G. Wilson +11 more
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Biology, 2022 Ixodes scapularis is a vector of tick-borne diseases. Climate change is frequently invoked as an important cause of geographic expansions of tick-borne diseases.
Lu Zhang +5 more
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Characterization of a Monanema nematode in Ixodes scapularis [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Metagenomic studies have revealed the presence of a filarial nematode in Ixodes scapularis. The phylogeny of this agent, and its potential for human infection, are unknown. We used existing metagenomic data from I.
R. Tokarz +3 more
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Factors affecting the microbiome of Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum
PLOS ONE, 2020 The microbial community composition of disease vectors can impact pathogen establishment and transmission as well as on vector behavior and fitness. While data on vector microbiota are accumulating quickly, determinants of the variation in disease vector
R. J. Brinkerhoff +4 more
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Genomic insights into the Ixodes scapularis tick vector of Lyme disease [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2016 Ticks transmit more pathogens to humans and animals than any other arthropod. We describe the 2.1 Gbp nuclear genome of the tick, Ixodes scapularis (Say), which vectors pathogens that cause Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, babesiosis and ...
Monika Gulia-Nuss +92 more
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Pathogens, 2020 Songbirds widely disperse ticks that carry a diversity of pathogens, some of which are pathogenic to humans. Among ticks commonly removed from songbirds, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, can harbor any combination of nine zoonotic pathogens ...
John D. Scott +3 more
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Genetic manipulation of an Ixodes scapularis cell line
mBio, 2023 Although genetic manipulation is one of the hallmarks of model organisms, its applicability to non-model species has remained difficult due to our limited understanding of their fundamental biology.
Nisha Singh +9 more
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Ixodes scapularis does not harbor a stable midgut microbiome [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2017 Abstract Hard ticks of the order Ixodidae serve as vectors for numerous human pathogens, including the causative agent of Lyme Disease Borrelia burgdorferi. Tick-associated microbes can influence pathogen colonization, offering the potential to inhibit disease transmission through engineering of the tick microbiota.
Benjamin D. Ross +9 more
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