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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Black-legged Tick"”.
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Characterizing ERAD and Antioxidant Response in Ixodes scapularis ISE6 Cells during Borrelia Infection
<p>Ticks are hematophagous ectoparasites that transmit a multitude of diseases to humans. <em>Borrelia burgdorferi</em> (BB) and <em>Borrelia miyamotoi </em>(BM) are both tick-borne pathogens that cause disease in humans and are transmitted by the black-legged tick (<em>Ixodes scapularis). </em>A …
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Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Lyme Disease Risk due to Climate Change in Southern Ontario from 2001 to 2014
… of areas suitable for sustaining a reproductive tick population. Monthly air surface temperature values from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction’s North American Regional Reanalysis was used to yield positive degree days above 0 degrees Celsius from 1979 to 2013 and derive warming …
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One tick closer to a better understanding of tick physiology and how to incorporate tick biology in a classroom
The black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), transmits pathogens that can have detrimental effects on human and wildlife health. The pathogens that I. scapularis transmits include the causative agents of Lyme disease and Powassan virus disease. Due to various human impact factors …
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Physiological Factors Affecting the Bactericidal Activity of the Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) for the Lyme Disease Spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi
… a major host of juvenile stages of the Western Black-legged Tick (<em>Ixodes pacificus</em>), which is the vector for the Lyme disease causative spirochete bacterium <em>Borrelia burgdorferi</em> in the western United States.<em> </em>Because <em>S. occidentalis</em> is reservoir incompetent and …
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Comparative Analysis of Microsatellite and Mitochondrial Genetic Variation in <em>Ixodes Scapularis</em>
<p><em>Ixodes scapularis</em>, the black legged tick, is a species endemic to North America with a range including most of the eastern-half of the United States and portions of Canada and Mexico. The tick is an important vector of diseases transmitted to humans and animals. Since its first …
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Lyme Disease and Forest Fragmentation in the Peridomestic Environment
… primarily by the bite of Ixodes scapularis, the black-legged tick, the disease affects an estimated 329,000 Americans per year. Originally confined to New England, it has since spread across much of the east coast and has become endemic in Virginia. Since 2010 the state has averaged 1200 cases …
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A community modeling approach to understanding the ecology of Lyme disease
The black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis) is responsible for transmitting the Lyme disease pathogen (Borrelia burgdorferi) to humans in eastern North America. Since the 1970s, the geographic distributions of both the pathogen and the black-legged tick have expanded throughout the US. This expansion …
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Population Genetic Structure of Ixodes pacificus Ticks and Detection of Their Pathogens In-Silico
Ticks are hematophagous ectoparasites responsible for the transmission of several serious illnesses in humans, domestic animals, livestock, and wildlife. As climate changes and ticks are introduced into new areas by their host, regions unfamiliar with tick-borne disease become vulnerable to …