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
Immunity Reduces Reservoir Host Competence of Peromyscus leucopus forEhrlichia phagocytophila
Levin M, Fish D. Immunity Reduces Reservoir Host Competence of Peromyscus leucopus forEhrlichia phagocytophila. Infection And Immunity 2000, 68: 1514-1518. PMID: 10678968, PMCID: PMC97309, DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.3.1514-1518.2000.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsE. phagocytophilaControl miceImmune responseNonimmune control miceWhite-footed miceSame agentsMajority of miceStrong immune responsePrevalence of infectionXenodiagnostic larvaeImmunized miceTick biteXenodiagnostic ticksIxodes scapularis nymphsControl groupSingle infectionEhrlichia phagocytophilaMiceUninfected ticksInfectionPartial protectionWeeksImmunityScapularis nymphsReservoir host competence
1997
Feeding Density Influences Acquisition of Borrelia burgdorferi in Larval Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)
Levin M, Papero M, Fish D. Feeding Density Influences Acquisition of Borrelia burgdorferi in Larval Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal Of Medical Entomology 1997, 34: 569-572. PMID: 9379464, DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/34.5.569.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of infectionBorrelia burgdorferi transmissionConsecutive weeksLarval Ixodes scapularisSpirochete prevalenceBorrelia burgdorferiB. burgdorferiLarval I. scapularisInfluences acquisitionPrevalenceBurgdorferiIxodes scapularisWhite-footed mouseIxodes scapularis SayI. scapularisEfficiency of acquisitionI. scapularis populationsInfectionMice