Host Associations of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Residential and Natural Settings in a Lyme Disease-Endemic Area in New Jersey

2005 ◽  
Vol 42 (6) ◽  
pp. 966-973 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry L. Schulze ◽  
Robert A. Jordan ◽  
Christopher J. Schulze
Keyword(s):  
New Jersey ◽  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Ixodes Scapularis ◽  
Natural Settings ◽  
Host Associations

Ability of Two Natural Products, Nootkatone and Carvacrol, to Suppress Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in a Lyme Disease Endemic Area of New Jersey

2009 ◽  
Vol 102 (6) ◽  
pp. 2316-2324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc C. Dolan ◽  
Robert A. Jordan ◽  
Terry L. Schulze ◽  
Christopher J. Schulze ◽  
Mark Cornell Manning ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Products ◽  
New Jersey ◽  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Ixodes Scapularis ◽  
Amblyomma Americanum

scholarly journals Monitoring of Nesting Songbirds Detects Established Population of Blacklegged Ticks and Associated Lyme Disease Endemic Area in Canada

Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Scott ◽  
Emily L. Pascoe ◽  
Muhammad S. Sajid ◽  
Janet E. Foley
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Ixodes Scapularis ◽  
Borrelia Burgdorferi Sensu Lato ◽  
Blacklegged Tick ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Flab Gene ◽  
Local Healthcare ◽  
Established Population

This study provides a novel method of documenting established populations of bird-feeding ticks. Single populations of the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, and the rabbit tick, Haemaphysalis leporispalustris, were revealed in southwestern Québec, Canada. Blacklegged tick nymphs and, similarly, larval and nymphal rabbit ticks were tested for the Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (Bbsl), using PCR and the flagellin (flaB) gene, and 14 (42%) of 33 of blacklegged tick nymphs tested were positive. In contrast, larval and nymphal H. leporsipalustris ticks were negative for Bbsl. The occurrence of Bbsl in I. scapularis nymphs brings to light the presence of a Lyme disease endemic area at this songbird nesting locality. Because our findings denote that this area is a Lyme disease endemic area, and I. scapularis is a human-biting tick, local residents and outdoor workers must take preventive measures to avoid tick bites. Furthermore, local healthcare practitioners must include Lyme disease in their differential diagnosis.

Increase in Abundance of Immature Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in an Emergent Lyme Disease Endemic Area

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 522-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Falco ◽  
Thomas J. Daniels ◽  
Durland Fish
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Ixodes Scapularis

Host associations and seasonal abundance of immatureIxodes persulcatus (Acari: Ixodidae) in a lyme-disease-endemic area in china

1991 ◽  
Vol 12 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 251-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengxu Ai ◽  
Guicheng Qiu ◽  
Zhixue Shi ◽  
Xiaoming Wu ◽  
Xiaodong Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Seasonal Abundance ◽  
Host Associations

scholarly journals Assessing Recognition of the Vector of Lyme Disease Using Resin-Embedded Specimens in a Lyme Endemic Area

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gebbiena M Bron ◽  
Hannah Fenelon ◽  
Susan M Paskewitz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Lyme Disease ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
Endemic Area ◽  
Ixodes Scapularis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Vector Borne ◽  
Tick Check

Abstract Lyme disease (LD) is the most common vector-borne disease in the United States. To assess whether a tick bite puts someone at risk for LD, adequate tick identification skills are needed. We surveyed residents of a high LD-incidence state, Wisconsin, on their ability to distinguish ticks from insects and to identify the specimens that could transmit the LD causative agent. Surveys were conducted using resin blocks with four insects and four tick specimens embedded. About half of the participants (64 of 130) recognized all of the ticks, and 60% of those individuals chose only ticks and no insects. Younger participants (18- to 44-yr old) were more likely to identify ticks correctly compared with those 45 yr and older. Participants who agreed strongly with the statement ‘I know a lot about ticks` were also likelier to correctly identify ticks. When asked to identify which specimens could transmit LD, less than 25% of participants chose both the Ixodes scapularis Say adult female and nymph and about half of those (15% of participants) picked only those two and no other specimens. Although the relatively small convenience sample was biased toward younger participants who consider themselves ‘outdoorsy’, results showed that further assessments of tick recognition skills are needed to understand what determines whether people can recognize medically important ticks and to evaluate the potential benefits of enhanced education. In addition to the value of the resin blocks as research tools, the blocks may be useful as training tools to improve tick check efficacy.

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