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Carryover Effects of Thermal Conditions on Tick Survival, Behavior, and Simulated Detectability

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
Recent thermal history affects the abundance and behavior of adult Amblyomma americanum. Thermal responses impacted simulated tick detection through combined effects on movement and mortality. ABSTRACT Carryover effects occur when environmental history of an organism influences its behavior, fitness, and population dynamics.
Daniel S. Marshall, Karen C. Poh, Jeb P. Owen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic and Landscape Connectivity of Blacklegged Ticks During Range Expansion in Select States of the Midwestern USA

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 10, October 2025.
Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis), vectors of Lyme disease, have expanded across the Midwestern USA since the 1970s, with at least three genetically structured populations. Fine‐scale genomic and landscape analyses reveal distinct gene flow corridors and barriers, highlighting how environmental connectivity shapes tick range expansion and informing
Dahn‐young Dong, Susan M. Paskewitz, Jean I. Tsao, Sean D. Schoville   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple functions of Na/K-ATPase in dopamine-induced salivation of the Blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis [PDF]

, 2016
Citation: Kim, D., Urban, J., Boyle, D. L., & Park, Y. (2016). Multiple functions of Na/K-ATPase in dopamine-induced salivation of the Blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis. Scientific Reports, 6, 13.
Boyle, Daniel L., Kim, Donghun, Park, Yoonseong, Urban, Joshua   +3 more
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A Set of Rapid Diagnostic Tool for Babesia microti Infection

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, Volume 39, Issue 20, October 2025.
This study develops a cross‐priming amplification combined with vertical flow visualization (CPA‐VF) assay for rapid, low‐cost detection of Babesia microti, achieving a detection limit of 2.56 fg/reaction (equivalent to 0.000004% parasitic red blood cells) with 95.5% sensitivity and specificity compared to nested PCR.
Yanan Bai, Shangdi Zhang, Qindong Liang, Xinxin Zhang, Zeen Liu, Yuxin Ye, Jianxun Luo, Hong Yin, Chongge You, Guiquan Guan, Jinming Wang   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Reciprocal regulation of NF-kB (Relish) and subolesin in the tick vector, Ixodes scapularis [PDF]

, 2017
[Background]: Tick Subolesin and its ortholog in insects and vertebrates, Akirin, have been suggested to play a role in the immune response through regulation of nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kB)-dependent and independent gene expression via interaction ...
Alberdi, Pilar, Ayllón, Nieves, Blouin, Edmour F., Fuente, José de la, Galindo, Ruth C., Kocan, Katherine M., Mitra, Ruchira, Naranjo, María Victoria, Pérez de Lastra, José Manuel, Villar, Margarita   +9 more
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Molecular characterization of novel sulfotransferases from the tick, Ixodes scapularis [PDF]

BMC Biochemistry, 2011
Ixodes scapularis, commonly known as the blacklegged or deer tick, is the main vector of Lyme disease in the United States. Recent progress in transcriptome research has uncovered hundreds of different proteins expressed in the salivary glands of hard ticks, the majority of which have no known function, and include many novel protein families.
Pichu, Sivakamasundari, Yalcin, Emine Bihter, Ribeiro, José MC, King, Roberta S., Mather, Thomas N.   +4 more
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Babesia nucleic acid prevalence among blood donors in southern Québec

Transfusion, Volume 65, Issue 10, Page 1798-1802, October 2025.
Abstract Background Tick‐borne diseases are on the rise in Canada, and southern Québec is considered one of the highest‐risk regions for Babesia emergence. Babesia is easily transmissible through blood transfusion and was the most common transfusion‐transmitted infection in the United States before the implementation of nucleic acid testing (NAT) in ...
Christian Renaud, Milena Fedorova, Nathalie C. Simard, Jean‐François Côté, Jeffrey M. Linnen, Genevieve Baron, François Milord, Karine Thivierge, Alejandra Irace‐Cima, Jamel A. Groves, Rebecca L. Townsend, Paula Saa, Laura Tonnetti, Susan L. Stramer, Marc Germain, Antoine Lewin   +15 more
wiley   +1 more source

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
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental transmission of Ehrlichia equi to horses through naturally infected ticks (Ixodes pacificus) from Northern California [PDF]

, 1998
We report the experimental transmission of Ehrlichia equi from naturally infected Ixodes pacificus ticks to horses. Three weeks after exposure to ticks, two of three horses developed clinical signs compatible with E.
Barlough J.E., Kimsey R.B., Madigan J.E., Reubel G.H.   +3 more
core   +1 more source