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   Articles with "ixodes pacificus" as a keyword



Detection and Isolation of Rickettsia tillamookensis (Rickettsiales: Rickettsiaceae) From Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) From Multiple Regions of California

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Journal of Medical Entomology"

DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjac038

Abstract: Abstract The western black-legged tick (Ixodes pacificus) is the most frequently identified human-biting tick species in the western United States and the principal vector of at least three recognized bacterial pathogens of humans. A potentially… read more here.

Keywords: rickettsia tillamookensis; ixodes pacificus; isolation rickettsia; tillamookensis ... See more keywords

Characterization of a novel transitional group Rickettsia species (Rickettsia tillamookensis sp. nov.) from the western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus.

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recommendations! Published in 2021 at "International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology"

DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004880

Abstract: A previously unrecognized Rickettsia species was isolated in 1976 from a pool of Ixodes pacificus ticks collected in 1967 from Tillamook County, Oregon, USA. The isolate produced low fever and mild scrotal oedema following intraperitoneal… read more here.

Keywords: rickettsia species; rickettsia; group rickettsia; ixodes pacificus ... See more keywords

Metatranscriptomic investigation of single Ixodes pacificus ticks reveals diverse microbes, viruses, and novel mRNA-like endogenous viral elements

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "mSystems"

DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00321-24

Abstract: ABSTRACT Ticks are increasingly important vectors of human and agricultural diseases. While many studies have focused on tick-borne bacteria, far less is known about tick-associated viruses and their roles in public health or tick physiology.… read more here.

Keywords: ixodes pacificus; virus; tick; endogenous viral ... See more keywords

Ecology of Ixodes pacificus Ticks and Associated Pathogens in the Western United States

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Pathogens"

DOI: 10.3390/pathogens11010089

Abstract: Lyme disease is the most important vector-borne disease in the United States and is increasing in incidence and geographic range. In the Pacific west, the western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus Cooley and Kohls, 1943 is… read more here.

Keywords: ixodes pacificus; ticks associated; united states; ecology ixodes ... See more keywords