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Reconstructing the Demographic History of Blacklegged Ticks (Ixodes scapularis) in the Northern United States

Journal of Biogeography, Volume 53, Issue 11, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Aim Resolution of the topological branching patterns, the timing of demographic events and the effective population size changes associated with major demographic events. Location Midwestern (eastern North Central) and Northeastern USA. Taxon Blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Say, 1821).
Dahn‐young Dong, Sean D. Schoville
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Geographic Variation in Peromyscus leucopus Population Size and Small Mammal Community Richness in Northern Pennsylvania

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 10, October 2026.
The white‐footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus, is a generalist species that serves as the primary reservoir for Borrelia burgdorferi, the causative agent of Lyme disease. Current estimates of P. leucopus population size in Pennsylvania lack geographic variation and context regarding the diversity of their communities.
Michael G. Rowley, Gaimi Davies, Priscilla Langlais, Matthew Williams, Nicole Chinnici   +4 more
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Identification of microRNAs in the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes scapularis

International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2022
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a class of small non-coding RNAs involved in many biological processes, including the immune pathways that control bacterial, parasitic, and viral infections. Pathogens probably modify host miRNAs to facilitate successful infection, so they might be useful targets for vaccination strategies.
Deepak Kumar, Latoyia P. Downs, Monica Embers, Alex Sutton Flynt, Shahid Karim   +4 more
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of Amblyomma americanum abundance and infection prevalence across a subcontinental scale

Ecosphere, Volume 17, Issue 10, October 2026.
Abstract Tick dynamics and tick infection prevalence are influenced directly by climate conditions (e.g., temperature, precipitation) and indirectly by mast seeding patterns of trees that influence the abundance of tick hosts such as small mammals. Tick and tick‐borne disease dynamic studies have been done primarily at local scales, which represent a ...
S. Rivera Maza, Jessica H. Barton, Benjamin Zuckerberg, Courtenay Strong, Jalene M. LaMontagne   +4 more
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Identification and characterization of Ixodes scapularis antigens that elicit tick immunity using yeast surface display. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2011
Repeated exposure of rabbits and other animals to ticks results in acquired resistance or immunity to subsequent tick bites and is partially elicited by antibodies directed against tick antigens.
Tim J Schuijt, Sukanya Narasimhan, Sirlei Daffre, Kathleen DePonte, Joppe W R Hovius, Cornelis Van't Veer, Tom van der Poll, Kamran Bakhtiari, Joost C M Meijers, Eric T Boder, Alje P van Dam, Erol Fikrig   +11 more
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You Scratch My Back: White‐Footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) Sibling Pairs Engage in Allogrooming in Response to Tick Burdens

Journal of Zoology, Volume 330, Issue 2, Page 142-148, October 2026.
This study investigated whether blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) infestation influences allogrooming behavior in sibling pairs of white‐footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus). Using laboratory‐reared siblings housed in pairs, we compared allogrooming frequency and cumulative duration between tick‐infested and non‐infested groups across both sexes ...
Jessica E. Brown, Caroline Stickler, Erika T. Machtinger   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ixodes scapularis Say 1821

scapularis Say, 1821, Ixodes Say, T. (1821) An account of the arachnides of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 2, 59–82. Type depository: USNTC: neotype (female) (Spielman et al. 1979) Type locality: Savannah, Georgia, USA Type host: the neotype specimen was collected by drag Comments: Spielman et al.
Robbins, Richard G., Nava, Santiago, Ronai, Isobel, Chong, Kaylin L., Guglielmone, Alberto A.   +4 more
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mRNA vaccination of rabbits alters the fecundity, but not the attachment, of adult Ixodes scapularis

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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Diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the Central Midwest (USA).

PLoS ONE, 2021
Between March 2014 and February 2017, host-seeking ticks were collected during the late spring and summer months seasonally, and as well as continually through all seasons from several sites in a periurban environment in Pittsburg, Kansas, located in the
Ali Hroobi, Gunavanthi D Boorgula, David Gordon, Jianfa Bai, Doug Goodin, Gary Anderson, Savannah Wilson, Alex Staggs, Ram K Raghavan   +8 more
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Opinion: Adapting to the challenges of wildlife management in the 21st Century

Wildlife Society Bulletin, EarlyView.
Aniruddha V. Belsare, Stephen S. Ditchkoff   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source