The blacklegged tick, (Acari: Ixodidae), is the vector of , the causal agent of Lyme disease (LD) in the eastern United States. Ninety-five per cent of LD cases are reported from the Northeast and upper Midwest, despite the widespread presence of the vector throughout the South. Several...
Immature blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, which are competent vectors of B. burgdorferi, constituted the predominant Ixodes species tick collected from parasitized songbirds; specifically, 31(35%) of 89 I. scapularis nymphs were positive for B. burgdorferi. Notably, we report the first B....
Through the application of Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping methods and spatial analysis techniques, this study examines the population dynamics of the black-legged Lyme tick and its primary host, the white-tailed deer, in eastern Ontario, Canada. By developing a habitat suitability model...
However, its putative relationship to this class of enzymes did not lead to its precise biochemical function...: We continuously recorded the activity of adult and nymphal blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, exposed to diurnal light and temperature cycles in a laboratory test chamber by usin...
Blacklegged tickDisease riskHost-seeking behaviorIxodes scapularisLyme borreliosisLyme diseaseTick-borne diseaseMost people who contract Lyme borreliosis in the eastern United States (US) acquire infection from the bite of the nymphal life stage of the vector tick Ixodes scapularis, which is present ...