Identification of a novel ß-adrenergic octopamine receptor-like gene (ßAOR-like) and increased ATP-binding cassette B10 (ABCB10) expression in a Rhipicephalus microplus cell line derived from acaricide-resistant ticks [PDF]
, 2016 Background: The cattle tick Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus is an economically important parasite of livestock. Effective control of ticks using acaricides is threatened by the emergence of resistance to many existing compounds. Several continuous R.
Bell-Sakyi, Lesley +4 more
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Complex evolutionary dynamics of massively expanded chemosensory receptor families in an extreme generalist chelicerate herbivore [PDF]
, 2016 While mechanisms to detoxify plant produced, anti-herbivore compounds have been associated with plant host use by herbivores, less is known about the role of chemosensory perception in their life histories.
Bajda-Wybouw, Sabina +10 more
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The Heterogeneity, Distribution, and Environmental Associations of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato, the Agent of Lyme Borreliosis, in Scotland [PDF]
, 2014 Genospecies controls were obtained from the laboratory of Dr. Muriel Cornet at the Institut Pasteur, Paris. We thank Bob Furness for collecting ticks from passerine birds, Steph Vollmer for processing the samples from one site, E. Packer, A.
Bowman, Alan S +3 more
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Genomic Resources Notes accepted 1 April 2014 - 31 May 2014 [PDF]
, 2017 Genomic Resources Development Consortium.This article documents the public availability of a global transcriptome comparison between Lyme disease tick vectors, Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes ricinus.Peer ...
Contreras, Marinela +4 more
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Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Babesiosis is a tick‐borne disease that poses a significant threat to animal health worldwide. In addition, climate change and the risk of human‐to‐human transmission through blood transfusion have made babesiosis an emerging disease in humans.
Assia Mouhand +4 more
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Permission to bite: White‐footed mice show no increased grooming response to tick infestation
Journal of Zoology, EarlyView.White‐footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) are one of the most frequently studied hosts of blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis); however, interactions between white‐footed mice and ticks are not easily observed. This study aimed to quantify activity patterns in white‐footed mice and to assess their behavioral responses to parasitism by blacklegged ticks ...
J. E. Brown, P. Chuard, E. T. Machtinger
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.One thousand one hundred ninety‐eight adult Dermacentor variabilis (Say), a species of veterinary and human medical importance, were collected from companion animals in central and eastern Canada. Peaks in adult D. variabilis submissions occurred in May and June across the provinces. Most submissions of adult D.
Grace K. Nichol +4 more
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Modeling the Effects of Reservoir Competence Decay and Demographic Turnover in Lyme Disease Ecology [PDF]
, 2002 Lyme disease risk is related to the abundance of infected nymphal ticks, which in turn depends on the abundance and reservoir competence of wild hosts. Reservoir competence of a host (i.e., probability that an infected host will infect a feeding vector ...
Ostfeld, Richard S, Schauber, Eric M
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Enhancing One Health outcomes using decision science and negotiation
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Volume 23, Issue 4, May 2025.One Health initiatives have advanced zoonotic disease management by recognizing the interconnectedness of three sectors of governance (human, ecosystem, and animal) and by identifying options that can improve full‐system health. Although One Health has had many successes, its full realization may be inhibited by a lack of strategies to overcome ...
Jonathan D Cook +4 more
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Host Immune Evasion by Lyme and Relapsing Fever Borreliae: Findings to Lead Future Studies for Borrelia miyamotoi [PDF]
, 2017 The emerging pathogen, Borrelia miyamotoi, is a relapsing fever spirochete vectored by the same species of Ixodes ticks that carry the causative agents of Lyme disease in the US, Europe, and Asia. Symptoms caused by infection with B.
Brandee L. Stone, Catherine A. Brissette
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