ArticleJournal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology2007
Co-circulating microorganisms in questing Ixodes scapularis nymphs in Maryland.
Article in Journal of vector ecology : journal of the Society for Vector Ecology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Human pathogens associated with the blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis: a systematic review.Parasites & vectors · 2016Pooled it
- Potential effects of mixed infections in ticks on transmission dynamics of pathogens: comparative analysis of published records.Experimental & applied acarology · 2008Pooled it
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- No evidence of Bartonella infections in host-seeking Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks in the United States.Parasites & vectors · 2024Article
- Cryptic Genes for Interbacterial Antagonism DistinguishFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022Article
- Surveillance of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Suburban Natural Habitats of Central Maryland.Journal of medical entomology · 2021Article
- Reported County-Level Distribution of Lyme Disease Spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia mayonii (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae), in Host-Seeking Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Contiguous United States.Journal of medical entomology · 2021Article
- TheFrontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Epidemiological and Clinicopathological Features ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2021Review
- Co-infection of Ticks: The Rule Rather Than the Exception.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2016Article
- Human Coinfection with Borrelia burgdorferi and Babesia microti in the United States.Journal of parasitology research · 2015Review
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- Anaplasma phagocytophilum--a widespread multi-host pathogen with highly adaptive strategies.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2013Review
- A Rickettsia genome overrun by mobile genetic elements provides insight into the acquisition of genes characteristic of an obligate intracellular lifestyle.Journal of bacteriology · 2012Article
- Data-model fusion to better understand emerging pathogens and improve infectious disease forecasting.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2011Article
- Absence of zoonotic Bartonella species in questing ticks: first detection of Bartonella clarridgeiae and Rickettsia felis in cat fleas in the Netherlands.Parasites & vectors · 2011Article
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Abstract
Ixodes scapularis can be infected with Borrelia burgdorferi, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Bartonella spp., Babesia microti, and Rickettsia spp., including spotted-fever group Rickettsia. As all of these microorganisms have been reported in Maryland, the potential for these ticks to have concurrent infections exists in this region. To assess the frequency of these complex infections, 348 I. scapularis nymphs collected in 2003 were screened for these microorganisms by PCR with positives being confirmed by DNA sequencing. Borrelia burgdorferi was detected in 14.7% of nymphs. Anaplasma phagocytophilum (0.3%), Rickettsia spp. (19.5%), and an uncategorized agent (0.9%) was also detected. Dual infections were detected with B. burgdorferi and Rickettsia spp. as well as a triple infection with B. burgdorferi, Rickettsia spp., and an uncategorized agent. Infections with B. burgdorferi and Rickettsia spp. were statistically independent of one another. However, infection with B. burgdorferi and any one of these other microorganisms appears to occur more frequently than by chance alone, probably as a result of shared enzootic cycles. This study confirms that multiple microorganisms co-circulate with B. burgdorferi in I. scapularis in Maryland and demonstrates that Rickettsia spp. and B. burgdorferi circulate independently and at nearly equal frequencies, while A. phagocytophilum and other unrecognized organisms are less common.
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