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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and Spirochetes (Spirochaetaceae: Spirochaetales) Recovered from Birds on a Georgia Barrier Island

Journal of Medical Entomology, 2001
From September 1997 through July 1999, 300 individuals and 46 species of birds were mist-netted and screened for ticks and spirochetes on St. Catherine's Island, Liberty County, GA. Seventy-six (25%) of the birds were parasitized by a meal intensity of 4.6 ticks.
Lance A. Durden, James H. Oliver, Andrew A. Kinsey   +2 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

An In Vitro Blood-Feeding Method Revealed DifferentialBorrelia turicatae(Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) Gene Expression After Spirochete Acquisition and Colonization in the Soft TickOrnithodoros turicata(Acari: Argasidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology, 2016
In the Midwestern, Southwestern, and Southern part of the United States, the soft tick Ornithodoros turicata transmits the spirochete Borrelia turicatae, the causative agent of relapsing fever in humans. In this study, we report a simplified and an efficient method of in vitro feeding to evaluate O. turicata-B. turicatae interactions.
Girish Neelakanta, Hameeda Sultana, Daniel E. Sonenshine, Richard T. Marconi   +3 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Isolation of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) from Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor albipictus Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Oklahoma

Journal of Medical Entomology, 1992
Borrelia burgdorferi was isolated from Ixodes scapularis Say and Dermacentor albipictus Packard that were removed as partially fed adults from white-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann, in Oklahoma. Isolation in media was accomplished only after homogenates of pooled field-collected ticks were inoculated into laboratory-reared Peromyscus ...
A. Alan Kocan, Stanley W. Mukolwe, George L. Murphy, R. W. Barker, Katherine M. Kocan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Adhesion to and Invasion of Cultured Tick (Acarina: Ixodidae) Cells by Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) and Maintenance of Infectivity

Journal of Medical Entomology, 1993
Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi, interact with cultured tick cells in ways similar to those reported to occur in the vector Ixodes dammini Spielman, Clifford, Piesman & Corwin. Spirochete adhesion and penetration were examined using a cell line from embryos of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus Neumann that morphologically resembles tick gut ...
Timothy J. Kurtti, Ulrike G. Munderloh, Darryl E. Krueger, Russell C. Johnson, Tom G. Schwan   +4 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Reservoir Role of LizardPsammodromus algirusin Transmission Cycle ofBorrelia burgdorferiSensu Lato (Spirochaetaceae) in Tunisia [PDF]

Journal of Medical Entomology, 2006
To investigate the reservoir role of the lizard Psammodromus algirus for the Lyme disease spirochete, 199 lizards were trapped from April to October 2003 in El Jouza, northwestern Tunisia. In this site, the infection rate of free-living Ixodes ricinus (L.) by Borrelia was evaluated by immunofluorescence as 34.6% for adult ticks and 12.5% for nymphs ...
Najla Dsouli, Hend Younsi-kabachii, Danièle Postic, Saïd Nouira, Lise Gern, Ali Bouattour   +5 more
semanticscholar   +7 more sources

Prevalence ofBorrelia burgdorferi(Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) inIxodes scapularis(Acari: Ixodidae) Adults in New Jersey, 2000–2001

Journal of Medical Entomology, 2003
Using polymerase chain reaction, we analyzed 529 Ixodes scapularis Say adults collected from 16 of New Jersey's 21 counties for the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi, the etiological agent of Lyme disease. Overall, 261 (49.3%) were positive. B. burgdorferi was detected in ticks obtained from each county and from 53 of the 58 (93.1%) municipalities ...
Terry L. Schulze, Robert Jordan, Robert W. Hung, Rose Puelle, Daniel Markowski, Martin S. Chomsky   +5 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Presence ofBorrelia turdiandBorrelia valaisiana(Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) in Ticks Removed From Birds in the North of Spain, 2009–2011

Journal of Medical Entomology, 2016
The genus Borrelia includes species responsible for severe human diseases such as Lyme disease. Birds are involved in their epidemiology as dispersers of infected ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) and as reservoirs or amplifiers of the bacterium. Herein, the presence of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) Johnson, Schmid, Hyde, Steigerwalt & Brenner in 336 ...
Ana M. Palomar, Aránzazu Portillo, Paula Santibáñez, David Mazuelas, Lidia Roncero, Oscar José Gómez Gutiérrez, José A. Oteo   +6 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Attempted Transmission of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae) (Jdi Strain) by Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), Dermacentor variabilis, and Amblyomma americanum

Journal of Medical Entomology, 1992
Laboratory-reared Ixodes scapularis Say, Amblyomma americanum (L.), and Dermacentor variabilis (Say) were fed on New Zealand white rabbits experimentally infected with Borrelia burgdorferi (JDI strain). At repletion, spirochetes could be detected by dark-field microscopy only in I. scapularis. Acquisition rates were 18 and 21%.
Stanley W. Mukolwe, A. Alan Kocan, R. W. Barker, Katherine M. Kocan, George L. Murphy   +4 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Managing Japanese Barberry (Ranunculales: Berberidaceae) Infestations Reduces Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Abundance and Infection Prevalence WithBorrelia burgdorferi(Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae)

Environmental Entomology, 2009
In many Connecticut forests with an overabundance of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmermann), Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii DC) has become the dominant understory shrub, which may provide a habitat favorable to blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis Say) and white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus Rafinesque) survival.
Scott C. Williams, Jeffrey S. Ward, Thomas E. Worthley, Kirby C. Stafford   +3 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources

Prevalence ofBorrelia burgdorferi(Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae),Anaplasma phagocytophilum(Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae), andBabesia microti(Piroplasmida: Babesiidae) inIxodes scapularis(Acari: Ixodidae) Collected From Recreational Lands in the Hudson Valley Region, New York State

Journal of Medical Entomology, 2014
ABSTRACT Blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, were collected from 27 sites in eight New York State counties from 2003 to 2006 to determine the prevalence and distribution of tick-borne pathogens in public-use areas over a 4-yr period. In total, 11,204 I.
Melissa A. Prusinski, John Kokas, K. T. Hukey, Sarah Kogut, J. Lee, P. Bryon Backenson   +5 more
semanticscholar   +5 more sources