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ArticleJournal of medical entomology2016

New Records of Ixodes affinis (Acari: Ixodidae) Parasitizing Avian Hosts in Southeastern Virginia.

Erin L Heller, Chelsea L Wright, Robyn M Nadolny, Wayne L Hynes, Holly D Gaff, Eric L Walters

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Article in Journal of medical entomology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Natural history of Amblyomma maculatum in Virginia.Ticks and tick-borne diseases · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Erin L Heller
Chelsea L Wright
Robyn M Nadolny
Wayne L Hynes
Holly D Gaff
Eric L Walters
Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University · UAUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal · ZA

Funding

Spatially-explicit mathematical model of human monocytic ehrlichiosisK25AI067791 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI GAFF, HOLLY · 2007 to 2010
$463k
NIAID NIH HHS K25 AI067791
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ixodes affinis Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae) is a hard-bodied tick species distributed throughout much of the southeastern United States. Although I. affinis does not parasitize humans, it is a competent vector of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the causative-agent of Lyme disease, and thus contributes to the enzootic maintenance of this pathogen. This study presents evidence of I. affinis parasitizing five new host passerine species. During 2012-2014, 1,888 birds were captured and examined for ticks, and 18 immature I. affinis were collected from 12 birds-six Carolina Wrens (Thyrothorus ludovicianus); two Brown Thrashers (Toxostoma rufum); and one American Robin (Turdus migratorius), Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus), Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), and White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). Of 15 larvae and 3 nymphs collected, one nymph tested positive for B. burgdorferi DNA. I. affinis was found co-feeding on birds with immature Amblyomma americanum (L.), Ixodes brunneus Koch, Ixodes dentatus Marx, Ixodes scapularis Say, and Haemaphysalis leporispalustris Packard. The results of this research provide a better understanding of I. affinis hosts and identify avian taxa that may play a role in the maintenance and dispersal of this tick species.

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Host-Parasite InteractionsAnimalsIxodesPasseriformesVirginia

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PMID26586535
PMCPMC12121686
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