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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, Pamela L. Roy, Graham J. Hickling, Edward D. Walker, Erik S. Foster, Christina C. Barber, Jean I. Tsao   +6 more
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Bartonella infections are rare in blood-fed Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks collected from rodents in the United States [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus are important vectors of multiple pathogens in the United States. However, their role in transmission of Bartonella spp., which are commonly reported in rodents and fleas, has been debated.
Ying Bai, Lynn M. Osikowicz, Jacoby Clark, Erik Foster, Christina Parise, Sarah Maes, Rebecca J. Eisen   +6 more
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mRNA vaccination of rabbits alters the fecundity, but not the attachment, of adult Ixodes scapularis [PDF]

Scientific Reports
19ISP is a nucleoside-modified mRNA-lipid nanoparticle vaccine that targets 19 Ixodes scapularis proteins. We demonstrate that adult I. scapularis have impaired fecundity when allowed to engorge on 19ISP-immunized rabbits.
Jaqueline Matias, Yingjun Cui, Geoffrey E. Lynn, Kathleen DePonte, Emily Mesquita, Hiromi Muramatsu, Mohamad G. Alameh, Garima Dwivedi, Ying K. Tam, Norbert Pardi, Drew Weissman, Erol Fikrig   +11 more
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Ixodes scapularis Is the Most Susceptible of the Three Canonical Human-Biting Tick Species of North America to Repellent and Acaricidal Effects of the Natural Sesquiterpene, (+)-Nootkatone [PDF]

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, Guang Xu, Andrew Y. Li, Patrick Pearson, Sebastián D’hers, Noel Elman, Thomas N. Mather, Stephen M. Rich   +7 more
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Ixodes Immune Responses Against Lyme Disease Pathogens

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
Although Ixodes scapularis and other related tick species are considered prolific vectors for a number of important human diseases, many aspects of their biology, microbial interactions, and immunity are largely unknown; in particular, how these ancient ...
Utpal Pal, Keehyuck Lee
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Different Ecological Niches for Ticks of Public Health Significance in Canada. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Tick-borne diseases are a growing public health concern as their incidence and range have increased in recent decades. Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease in Canada due to northward expansion of the geographic range of Ixodes scapularis, the ...
Vanessa Gabriele-Rivet, Julie Arsenault, Jacqueline Badcock, Angela Cheng, Jim Edsall, Jim Goltz, Joe Kennedy, L Robbin Lindsay, Yann Pelcat, Nicholas H Ogden   +9 more
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Ruffed grouse do not exhibit high potential for reservoir competency of common tick‐borne pathogens

Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 46, Issue 5, December 2022., 2022
Blacklegged ticks are vectors for Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum transmission, thus we sought to identify ruffed grouse as an alternative host of blacklegged ticks by testing for active and previous infections of tick‐borne pathogens. We failed to detect active, or evidence of previous, B.
Douglas T. Munn, L. Robbin Lindsay, Antonia Dibernardo, Joseph J. Nocera   +3 more
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Tissue‐damaging marking methods do not affect tick burdens on field captured Peromyscus spp.

Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 46, Issue 5, December 2022., 2022
Small mammals are important hosts for Ixodes scapularis, particularly white‐footed mice and deer mice from the genus Peromyscus. We evaluate three tissue‐damaging marking methods to determine if any method affects the tick burden on captured mice. There were no significant differences in tick burden on captured mice among the tissue‐damaging marking ...
Chloe E. Roberts, Edwin R. Burgess IV, Taylor M. Miller, Anna‐Marie Wise, Cera J. Dickerson, Michael J. Skvarla, Andrew Y. Li, Erika T. Machtinger   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interactions between sympatric invasive European fire ants (Myrmica rubra) and blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis).

PLoS ONE, 2021
The blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) and the invasive European fire ant (Myrmica rubra) are both expanding throughout their sympatric range in coastal New England.
Lucy D Guarnieri, Sara E McBride, Eleanor Groden, Allison M Gardner   +3 more
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Resporulation of Metarhizium anisopliae granules on soil and mortality of Tenebrio molitor: Implications for wireworm management in sweetpotato

Annals of Applied Biology, Volume 182, Issue 1, Page 65-76, January 2023., 2023
Fungal granules inoculated on sterilised soil caused upto 76% mealworm mortality. Abstract In Australia, sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is vulnerable to root feeding insect pests such as wireworms (e.g., Agrypnus spp.). The number of registered insecticides to control these insect pests is limited and often pest pressure, for example by wireworms, is
Sudhan Shah, Gavin J. Ash, Bree A. L. Wilson   +2 more
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