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ArticleJournal of medical entomology2021

Surveillance of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens in Suburban Natural Habitats of Central Maryland.

Matthew T Milholland, Lars Eisen, Robyn M Nadolny, Andrias Hojgaard, Erika T Machtinger, Jennifer M Mullinax, Andrew Y Li

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Article in Journal of medical entomology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. White-Tailed Deer Spatial Distribution in Relation to '4-Poster' Tick Control Devices in Suburbia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew T MilhollandInvasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA, ARS, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD.
Lars EisenDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO.
Robyn M NadolnyTick-Borne Disease Laboratory, Army Public Health Center, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.ORCID 0000-0002-1925-2166
Andrias HojgaardDivision of Vector-Borne Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Fort Collins, CO.
Erika T MachtingerDepartment of Entomology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.ORCID 0000-0002-6492-0901
Jennifer M MullinaxAGNR-Environmental Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.ORCID 0000-0003-4695-059X
Andrew Y LiInvasive Insect Biocontrol and Behavior Laboratory, USDA, ARS, BARC-West, Beltsville, MD.ORCID 0000-0002-8346-5780
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · USPennsylvania State University · USU.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine · US

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are increasing in the eastern United States and there is a lack of research on integrated strategies to control tick vectors. Here we present results of a study on tick-borne pathogens detected from tick vectors and rodent reservoirs from an ongoing 5-yr tick suppression study in the Lyme disease-endemic state of Maryland, where human-biting tick species, including Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae) (the primary vector of Lyme disease spirochetes), are abundant. During the 2017 tick season, we collected 207 questing ticks and 602 ticks recovered from 327 mice (Peromyscus spp. (Rodentia: Cricetidae)), together with blood and ear tissue from the mice, at seven suburban parks in Howard County. Ticks were selectively tested for the presence of the causative agents of Lyme disease (Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato [s.l.]), anaplasmosis (Anaplasma phagocytophilum), babesiosis (Babesia microti), ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia ewingii, Ehrlichia chaffeensis, and 'Panola Mountain' Ehrlichia) and spotted fever group rickettsiosis (Rickettsia spp.). Peromyscus ear tissue and blood samples were tested for Bo. burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s), A. phagocytophilum, Ba. microti, and Borrelia miyamotoi. We found 13.6% (15/110) of questing I. scapularis nymphs to be Bo. burgdorferi s.l. positive and 1.8% (2/110) were A. phagocytophilum positive among all sites. Borrelia burgdorferi s.s. was found in 71.1% (54/76) of I. scapularis nymphs removed from mice and 58.8% (194/330) of captured mice. Results from study on tick abundance and pathogen infection status in questing ticks, rodent reservoirs, and ticks feeding on Peromyscus spp. will aid efficacy evaluation of the integrated tick management measures being implemented.

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PeromyscusAnimalsFemaleIxodidaeLarvaMaleMarylandNymphPopulation SurveillancePrevalenceRodent DiseasesTick Infestationsblacklegged tickBorreliaLyme diseasePeromyscustick-borne pathogen

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