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Variation in tick load among bird body parts: Implications for studying the role of birds in the ecology and epidemiology of tick-borne diseases
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020)
Wild birds play important roles in the maintenance and dispersal of tick populations and tick-borne pathogens, yet in field studies of tick-borne disease ecology and epidemiology there is limited standardization of how ...
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 ...
Distribution of Culex coronator in the USA
(The American Mosquito Control Association, 2021-03)
In 1920, Culex coronator was reported from San Benito, Texas, and later in Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. In 2005, this species was reported to be spreading across the southeastern USA. Now reported in 14 states, it ...
Mosquito community and West Nile virus risk on a National Guard training base in Oklahoma
(The American Mosquito Control Association, 2020-06)
Military bases are important areas for mosquito surveillance to maintain active duty combat readiness and protect training exercises. The aim of this study was to assist Camp Gruber National Guard training facility personnel ...
Elution independent collection device (EICD) for rapid collection of Anaplasma marginale DNA from blood samples
(Elsevier BV, 2022-01)
Currently utilized molecular detection methods are based mainly on nucleic acid extraction, amplification, and detection procedures that may require costly equipment, numerous reagents, and highly trained personnel. These ...
Waveforms from stylet probing of the mosquito Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) measured by AC-DC electropenetrography
(Oxford University Press (OUP), 2020)
Electropenetrography (EPG) has been used for many years to visualize unseen stylet probing behaviors of plant-feeding piercing-sucking insects, primarily hemipterans. Yet, EPG has not been extensively used with blood-feeding ...
Mosquito-borne parasites in the Great Plains: Searching for vectors of nematodes and avian malaria parasites
(Elsevier BV, 2021)
Vector-borne diseases in the United States have recently increased as a result of the changing nature of vectors, hosts, reservoirs, parasite/pathogens, and the ecological and environmental conditions. While most focus has ...
Effects of woody plant encroachment by eastern redcedar on mosquito communities in Oklahoma
(Society for Vector Ecology, 2022-07-20)
Woody plant encroachment into grasslands is occurring worldwide, affecting ecosystems in ways that likely influence mosquito-borne disease transmission. In the U.S. Great Plains, encroachment by eastern redcedar (Juniperus ...
Olfactory responses of Amblyomma maculatum to rumen fluid and other odourants that attract blood-seeking arthropods
(Wiley, 2020)
Amblyomma maculatum Koch (Ixodida: Ixodidae) has emerged as a significant vector of human and companion animal diseases in the U.S.A. When expanding in range, A. maculatum can be difficult to collect in the field and control ...