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Rapid Northward Expansion of the Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis, in Response to Climate Change. [PDF]

Glob Chang Biol
The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, can transmit human diseases such as Lyme disease and is exposing new human populations to this risk due to its rapid expansion into Canada. We used community science data (eTick and iNaturalist) to understand the environmental factors responsible for the distribution of I.
Westcott JR, Bowden JJ, Savage J, Doody KM.   +3 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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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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Early embryonic development in the tick Ixodes scapularis suggests syncytial organization and cellularization before blastoderm formation [PDF]

EvoDevo
Ixodes ticks are the most important vectors of arthropod-borne diseases in the United States, Canada, and Europe. Ixodes scapularis is the major vector that transmits the causative agent of Lyme disease in the eastern United States and can transmit up to
Isaac A. Hinne, Hailee R. Ciccotti, Jakub Wudarski, Michael N. Pham, Arvind Sharma, Molly M. McVicar, Benjamin Faustino, Andrew B. Nuss, Prashant P. Sharma, Monika Gulia-Nuss   +9 more
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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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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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Tick Cell Culture Analysis of Growth Dynamics and Cellular Tropism of Rickettsia buchneri, an Endosymbiont of the Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis

Insects, 2021
The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, a species of significant importance to human and animal health, harbors an endosymbiont Rickettsia buchneri sensu stricto.
Cody J. Thorpe, Xin-Ru Wang, Ulrike G. Munderloh, Timothy J. Kurtti   +3 more
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Detection of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected from Songbirds in Ontario and Quebec, Canada

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, Emily L. Pascoe, Muhammad S. Sajid, Janet E. Foley   +3 more
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Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi Increases the Replication and Dissemination of Coinfecting Powassan Virus in Ixodes scapularis Ticks

Viruses, 2022
Powassan virus (POWV) is a tick-borne neuroinvasive flavivirus endemic to North America. It is generally transmitted by the tick, Ixodes scapularis. This species also transmits Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease.
Charles E. Hart, Frank A. Middleton, Saravanan Thangamani   +2 more
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Filarial Nematode Infection in Ixodes scapularis Ticks Collected from Southern Connecticut

Veterinary Sciences, 2014
It was recently demonstrated that the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum could harbor filarial nematodes within the genus Acanthocheilonema. In this study, Ixodes scapularis (deer) ticks collected from Southern Connecticut were evaluated for their ...
Pabbati Namrata, Jamie M. Miller, Madari Shilpa, Patlolla Raghavender Reddy, Cheryl Bandoski, Michael J. Rossi, Eva Sapi   +6 more
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