Browsing by Subject "Amblyomma"
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Active surveillance to update county scale distribution of four tick species of medical and veterinary importance in Oklahoma
(Society for Vector Ecology, 2017-06)The incidence of tick-borne disease continues to increase in humans and companion animals in the United States, yet distribution maps for several tick vectors in Oklahoma, including Dermacentor variabilis, Dermacentor ... -
Invasive woody plants as foci of tick-borne pathogens: Eastern redcedar in the southern Great Plains
(Society for Vector Ecology, 2021-06)Habitat preference and usage by disease vectors are directly correlated with landscapes often undergoing anthropogenic environmental change. A predominant type of land use change occurring in the United States is the ... -
Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in Amblyomma maculatum group ticks
(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2020-02)We determined prevalence of Rickettsia spp. in 172 ticks of the Amblyomma maculatum group collected from 16 urban sites in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, during 2017 and 2018. Most ticks (59.3%) were collected from 1 site; ...