2009
Community-Based Prevention of Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Diseases Through Topical Application of Acaricide to White-Tailed Deer: Background and Rationale
Fish D, Childs JE. Community-Based Prevention of Lyme Disease and Other Tick-Borne Diseases Through Topical Application of Acaricide to White-Tailed Deer: Background and Rationale. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2009, 9: 357-364. PMID: 19650729, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe United States Department of Agriculture's Northeast Area-Wide Tick Control Project: Summary and Conclusions
Pound J, Miller J, George J, Fish D, Carroll J, Schulze T, Daniels T, Falco R, Stafford K, Mather T. The United States Department of Agriculture's Northeast Area-Wide Tick Control Project: Summary and Conclusions. Vector-Borne And Zoonotic Diseases 2009, 9: 439-448. PMID: 19650739, DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLone star tickFree-living populationsTick-borne diseasePopulation recovery ratesAlternative food resourcesMajor environmental factorsUnited States DepartmentHost-targeted interventionsTick speciesAcorn mastEnvironment-friendly alternativeWhite-tailed deerTicksBait stationsControl projectFood resourcesEastern statesStates Department
2004
A Dispersal Model for the Range Expansion of Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae)
Madhav N, Brownstein J, Tsao J, Fish D. A Dispersal Model for the Range Expansion of Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal Of Medical Entomology 2004, 41: 842-852. PMID: 15535611, DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-41.5.842.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRange expansionHome rangesLarger home rangesSmaller home rangesHome range sizeOdocoileus virginianus ZimmermannMore mobile hostsEcology of ticksVertebrate host speciesWhite-footed miceSimple landscapesRange sizeHigher tick burdensDispersal modelAmerican robinsHost speciesTick burdenPopulation densityBlacklegged ticks
2000
Estimating Population Size and Drag Sampling Efficiency for the Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae)
Daniels T, Falco R, Fish D. Estimating Population Size and Drag Sampling Efficiency for the Blacklegged Tick (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal Of Medical Entomology 2000, 37: 357-363. PMID: 15535578, DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585%282000%29037%5b0357%3aepsads%5d2.0.co%3b2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research