Blacklegged Ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, in Central New York: Density, Distribution, and Prevalence of Human PathogensTick-borne diseases in the northeastern United States have exhibited geographic range expansion following that of their respective vectors. Blacklegged ticks, Say, are of particular ...
Summary Vitellogenin synthesis was investigated in the ixodid tick, Ixodes scapularis. The fat body was the most active tissue in vitellogenin production. Midgut and ovarian tissues showed slight activity (~2000 cpm) which may have been due to a small amount of contamination by fat body cells. ...
Define blacklegged. blacklegged synonyms, blacklegged pronunciation, blacklegged translation, English dictionary definition of blacklegged. n. 1. An infectious, usually fatal bacterial disease of cattle and sometimes of sheep, goats, and swine, caused by
Ixodes scapularis According to theCenters for Disease Control, Lyme disease is now the most common vector-borne infection in humans in the United States. More than 16,000 cases of Lyme disease were reported to the CDC in 1999. Ninety-two percent of these were from the New England states. S...
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN received: 08 October 2015 accepted: 13 January 2016 Published: 10 February 2016 Multiple functions of Na/K-ATPase in dopamine-induced salivation of the Blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Donghun Kim1, Joshua Urban1, Daniel L. Boyle2 &Yoonseong...
The attachment site pattern of adult Ixodes scapularis Say on white-tailed deer and horses in Maryland was determined by whole-body examinations during fall and spring periods of tick host-seeking activity. On deer in the fall, both female and male I. scapularis attached largely to anterior dors...
We report that all non-fed stages of the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum and blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis have reduced water loss by exposure to short days. This reduction in water loss is more pronounced in larvae and nymphs than in adults. Impressive was the rapid response: all ...
Truncated seasonal activity patterns of the western blacklegged tick (Ixodes pacificus) in central and southern California Ticks Tick. Borne. Dis. (2016) N.H. Ogden et al. Climate change and the potential for range expansion of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis in Canada Int. J. Paras...
Copulation in Ixodes scapularis involves physical contact between the male and female (on or off the host), male mounting of the female, insertion/maintenance of the male chelicerae in the female genital pore (initiates spermatophore production), and the transfer of the spermatophore by the male ...
Reported county-level distribution of (A) Ehrlichia muris eauclairensis, (B) Babesia microti, and (C) Powassan virus in host-seeking Ixodes scapularis (eastern United States) or Ixodes pacificus (western United States), relative to the previously reported distribution of these vector species. Tic...