Environmental Drivers of Questing Activity of Juvenile Black-Legged Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae): Temperature, Desiccation Risk, and Diel Cycles
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DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjz126
Abstract: Abstract Vector feeding behavior can have a profound influence on the transmission of vector-borne diseases. In the case of black-legged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, which vectors the agents of Lyme disease, babesiosis, and other pathogens,… read more here.
Keywords: desiccation; legged ticks; temperature; questing activity ... See more keywords
Unexpected winter questing activity of ticks in the Central Midwestern United States
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259769
Abstract: Unexpected questing activity of ticks was noted during the winter months of January and February in the Central Midwestern states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. From nine geographically distinct locations, four species of ticks… read more here.
Keywords: activity ticks; questing activity; central midwestern; winter questing ... See more keywords
Modeling spatiotemporal dynamics of Amblyomma americanum questing activity in the central Great Plains
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0304427
Abstract: Ticks represent important vectors of a number of bacterial and viral disease agents, owing to their hematophagous nature and their questing behavior (the process in which they seek new hosts). Questing activity is notably seasonal… read more here.
Keywords: questing activity; spatiotemporal dynamics; amblyomma americanum; great plains ... See more keywords