Comparison of phenology and pathogen prevalence, including infection with the Ehrlichia muris-like (EML) agent, of Ixodes scapularis removed from soldiers in the midwestern and the northeastern United States over a 15 year period (1997-2012)

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Stromdahl, Ellen ^a   Hamer, Sarah ^b   Jenkins, Sarah ^c   Sloan, Lynne ^c   Williamson, Phillip ^d,e   Foster, Erik ^a,f   Nadolny, Robyn ^a,g   Elkins, Chad ^a   Vince, Mary ^a   Pritt, Bobbi ^c  

^a US Army Public Health Command   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e CREATIVE TESTING SOLUTIONS   (United States)

^f MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^g OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Co infection; Ehrlichia muris like agent; Engorgement; Ixodes scapularis; Pathogen prevalence; Phenology; Surveillance; Tick population establishment

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASMA PHAGOCYTOPHILUM; ARTICLE; BABESIA MICROTI; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EHRLICHIA MURIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IXODES SCAPULARIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES; ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; IXODES; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON; TEMPERATURE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

ANAPLASMATACEAE; ANIMALS; BABESIA MICROTI; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; FEMALE; HUMANS; IXODES; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEW ENGLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEMPERATURE; TICK INFESTATIONS;

EID: 84964696804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-014-0553-z     Document Type: Article

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