Effects of Reduced Deer Density on the Abundance of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and Lyme Disease Incidence in a Northern New Jersey Endemic Area

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 752-757 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. Jordan ◽  
Terry L. Schulze ◽  
Margaret B. Jahn
2009 ◽  
Vol 102 (6) ◽  
pp. 2316-2324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc C. Dolan ◽  
Robert A. Jordan ◽  
Terry L. Schulze ◽  
Christopher J. Schulze ◽  
Mark Cornell Manning ◽  
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Healthcare ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 59 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Scott ◽  
Emily L. Pascoe ◽  
Muhammad S. Sajid ◽  
Janet E. Foley

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.


1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 522-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard C. Falco ◽  
Thomas J. Daniels ◽  
Durland Fish

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 203 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel F. Atkinson ◽  
Sahotra Sarkar ◽  
Aldo Aviña ◽  
Jim A. Schuermann ◽  
Phillip Williamson

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