2024
Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Deer Tick Virus (Powassan Virus, Lineage II) in Ixodes scapularis Ticks in Five Habitats at a Nature Reserve in Southern Maine, United States
Robich R, Piantadosi A, Elias S, Cosenza D, Schneider E, Baxter L, LaFon E, Lubelczyk C, Meagher M, Vogels C, Smith R. Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Deer Tick Virus (Powassan Virus, Lineage II) in Ixodes scapularis Ticks in Five Habitats at a Nature Reserve in Southern Maine, United States. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2024, 111: 1311-1319. PMID: 39406212, PMCID: PMC11619509, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.23-0643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDeer tick virusHabitat typesGenetic diversityIxodes scapularis ticksInvasive vegetationAdult ticksLong-distance dispersalTick virusShort-range dispersalVirus prevalenceTick-borne encephalitis virusPhylogenetic analysisLineage IIHabitatPowassan virus lineage IIEnzootic fociNature ReserveNative vegetationTicksDeerNational Estuarine Research ReserveCompared to 0UnderstoryEncephalitis virusForestSeasonal pattern of questing ticks and prevalence of pathogenic Rickettsia and Anaplasmataceae in Khao Yai national park, Thailand
Chaorattanakawee S, Tachavarong W, Hananantachai H, Bunsermyos W, Chanarat N, Promsathaporn S, Tippayachai B, Sakolvaree J, Pitaksajjakul P, Benjathummarak S, Srinoppawan K, Saunders D, Lindroth E, Takhampunya R. Seasonal pattern of questing ticks and prevalence of pathogenic Rickettsia and Anaplasmataceae in Khao Yai national park, Thailand. Travel Medicine And Infectious Disease 2024, 58: 102696. PMID: 38360157, DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2024.102696.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTick-borne diseasesQuesting ticksKhao Yai National ParkPrevalence of RickettsiaR. tamuraeAdult ticksEhrlichia ewingiiRickettsia tamuraeN. mikurensisNeoehrlichia mikurensisRickettsia raoultiiR. raoultiiAmblyomma ticksAnaplasma phagocytophilumRickettsia montanaI. granulatusPathogen prevalenceTicksNational ParkPathogenic rickettsiaeEhrlichia chaffeensisTick-bite preventionRickettsiaPotential vectorsAmblyomma
2009
Effects of Tick Control by Acaricide Self-Treatment of White-Tailed Deer on Host-Seeking Tick Infection Prevalence and Entomologic Risk for Ixodes scapularis-Borne Pathogens
Hoen A, Rollend L, Papero M, Carroll J, Daniels T, Mather T, Schulze T, Stafford K, Fish D. Effects of Tick Control by Acaricide Self-Treatment of White-Tailed Deer on Host-Seeking Tick Infection Prevalence and Entomologic Risk for Ixodes scapularis-Borne Pathogens. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2009, 9: 431-438. PMID: 19650738, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEntomologic riskInfection prevalenceB. burgdorferiPrevalence of infectionFever group spirochetesBacterial coinfectionSelf treatmentTick infection prevalenceLyme diseaseBorrelia miyamotoiB. miyamotoiBacterial agentsPrevalenceBorrelia burgdorferiAnaplasma phagocytophilumA. phagocytophilumAdultsRiskBurgdorferiInfectionDiseaseHost-seeking ticksProportion of ticksAdult ticksTick control
2000
Arthropod- and Host-Specific Borrelia burgdorferi bbk32 Expression and the Inhibition of Spirochete Transmission
Fikrig E, Feng W, Barthold S, Telford S, Flavell R. Arthropod- and Host-Specific Borrelia burgdorferi bbk32 Expression and the Inhibition of Spirochete Transmission. The Journal Of Immunology 2000, 164: 5344-5351. PMID: 10799897, DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.10.5344.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpirochete transmissionLyme borreliosisB. burgdorferi infectionB. burgdorferi transmissionMechanisms of immunityIxodes scapularis ticksCutaneous sitesImmunized miceSpirochete numbersBurgdorferi infectionMurine infectionMurine hostMiceInfectionMRNA levelsScapularis ticksB. burgdorferiTick engorgementMurine tissuesVector-borne diseasesBorreliosisAdult ticksAntiserumBBK32Regulated expression
1999
Temporal Relation between Ixodes scapularis Abundance and Risk for Lyme Disease Associated with Erythema Migrans
Falco R, McKenna D, Daniels T, Nadelman R, Nowakowski J, Fish D, Wormser G. Temporal Relation between Ixodes scapularis Abundance and Risk for Lyme Disease Associated with Erythema Migrans. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1999, 149: 771-776. PMID: 10206627, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009886.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsErythema migransLyme diseaseWestchester County Medical CenterLyme Disease AssociatedEarly Lyme diseaseCounty Medical CenterDisease prevention effortsYears of ageSuccessful prevention programsAdult ticksDisease AssociatedPrevention criteriaMedical CenterPatientsPrevention programsDisease controlPrevention effortsCase numbersI. scapularisDiseaseAdult I. scapularisEM casesEM incidenceAnnual numberMigrans
1994
Competence of dogs as reservoirs for Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi).
Mather T, Fish D, Coughlin R. Competence of dogs as reservoirs for Lyme disease spirochetes (Borrelia burgdorferi). Journal Of The American Veterinary Medical Association 1994, 205: 186-8. PMID: 7928571, DOI: 10.2460/javma.1994.205.02.186.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDirect fluorescent antibodyBurgdorferi-infected ticksInfected adult ticksAdult deer ticksChallenge exposureImmature ticksInfected dogsLyme diseaseInfected ticksDogsBorrelia burgdorferiFluorescent antibodyDeer ticksBlood mealCompetent reservoirsAdult ticksHuman riskExposureLarval ticksReservoir competenceTicksDiseaseWeeksAntibodies
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