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Tick galactosyltransferases are involved in α-Gal synthesis and play a role during Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection and Ixodes scapularis tick vector development

Scientific Reports, 2018
The carbohydrate Galα1-3Galβ1-(3)4GlcNAc-R (α-Gal) is produced in all mammals except for humans, apes and old world monkeys that lost the ability to synthetize this carbohydrate. Therefore, humans can produce high antibody titers against α-Gal.
A. Cabezas-Cruz, P. Espinosa, P. Alberdi, Ladislav Šimo, J. Valdés, Lourdes Mateos-Hernández, M. Contreras, Margarita Villar Rayo, J. de la Fuente   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species in host-seeking Ixodes species ticks in the United States

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the United States and is transmitted by Ixodes scapularis in the eastern US and I. pacificus in the west. The causative agents, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (Bbss) and B.
Lynn M. Osikowicz, Maria R. Rizzo, Andrias Hojgaard, Sarah E. Maes, Rebecca J. Eisen   +4 more
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Identification of Residual Blood Proteins in Ticks by Mass Spectrometry Proteomics

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2008
Mass spectrometry–based proteomics of individual ticks demonstrated persistence of mammalian host blood components, including α- and β-globin chains, histones, and mitochondrial enzymes, in Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum ticks for months ...
Samanthi Wickramasekara, Jonas Bunikis, Vicki Wysocki, Alan G. Barbour   +3 more
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Homogeneity of Powassan virus populations in naturally infected Ixodes scapularis

Virology, 2010
Powassan virus (POWV, Flaviviridae: Flavivirus) is the sole North American member of the tick-borne encephalitis complex and consists of two distinct lineages that are maintained in ecologically discrete enzootic transmission cycles. The underlying genetic mechanisms that lead to niche partitioning in arboviruses are poorly understood. Therefore, intra-
Doug E. Brackney, Gregory D. Ebel, Ivy K. Brown, Robert A. Nofchissey, Kelly A. Fitzpatrick   +4 more
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High-Resolution Ecological Niche Modeling of Ixodes scapularis Ticks Based on Passive Surveillance Data at the Northern Frontier of Lyme Disease Emergence in North America

Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2018
Background: Lyme disease (LD) is a bacterial infection transmitted by the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) in eastern North America. It is an emerging disease in Canada due to the expanding range of its tick vector.
Jean-Paul R. Soucy, Andreea M Slatculescu, C. Nyiraneza, N. Ogden, P. Leighton, J. Kerr, M. Kulkarni   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Immunity-related genes in Ixodes scapularis – perspectives from genome information

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2014
Ixodes scapularis, commonly known as the deer tick, transmits a wide array of human and animal pathogens including Borrelia burgdorferi. Despite substantial advances in our understanding of immunity in model arthropods, including other disease vectors ...
Alexis A. Smith, Utpal ePal
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Attachment of Borrelia burgdorferi within Ixodes scapularis mediated by outer surface protein A [PDF]

, 2000
Utpal Pal, Aravinda M. de Silva, Ruth R. Montgomery, Durland Fish, Juan Anguíta, John F. Anderson, Yves Lobet, Erol Fikrig   +7 more
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Characterization of Ixophilin, A Thrombin Inhibitor from the Gut of Ixodes scapularis

PLoS ONE, 2013
Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged tick, vectors several human pathogens including Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease in North America. Pathogen transmission to the vertebrate host occurs when infected ticks feed on the mammalian host to obtain a blood meal.
Oriana A. Perez, Michel Ledizet, Kathleen DePonte, Raymond A. Koski, Sara Mootien, Sukanya Narasimhan, Erol Fikrig, Erol Fikrig   +7 more
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Lyme Disease, Virginia, USA, 2000–2011

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2014
Lyme disease, caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi and transmitted in the eastern United States by the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis), is increasing in incidence and expanding geographically.
R. Jory Brinkerhoff, Will F. Gilliam, David Gaines   +2 more
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Ability of Two Commercially Available Host-Targeted Technologies to Reduce Abundance of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Residential Landscape

Journal of medical entomology, 2019
Host-targeted technologies provide an alternative to the use of conventional pesticide applications to reduce the abundance of Ixodes scapularis Say, the vector for an array of tick-associated human diseases. We compared the ability of Damminx Tick Tubes
R. Jordan, T. Schulze
semanticscholar   +1 more source