Tick species infesting humans in the United States

The Original Scientific Description of the Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum, Acari: Ixodidae) and Implications for the Species’ Past and Future Geographic Distributions

(2022) Ilia Rochlin et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Ticks of Alabama: the fauna and spatial distribution of medically important species across the state

(2022) Skyler M. Kerr et al.   JOURNAL OF VECTOR ECOLOGY

Rhipicephalus capensis (Acari: Ixodidae), A geographically restricted South African tick, returning with a human traveler to the United States

(2022) Kirby C. Stafford et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Personal protection measures to prevent tick bites in the United States: Knowledge gaps, challenges, and opportunities

(2022) Lars Eisen   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Anomalous morphologies in Ixodes scapularis feeding on human hosts

(2022) Noelle Khalil et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Statewide Passive Surveillance of Ixodes scapularis and Associated Pathogens in Maine

(2021) Thomas F. Rounsville et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Human‐tick encounters as a measure of tickborne disease risk in lyme disease endemic areas

(2021) Sarah A. Hook et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

Comparing Contributions of Passive and Active Tick Collection Methods to Determine Establishment of Ticks of Public Health Concern Within Illinois

(2021) Lee Ann Lyons et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

First Record of Established Populations of the Invasive Pathogen Vector and Ectoparasite Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Connecticut, United States

(2021) Goudarz Molaei et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Integrative Taxonomy of Dermacentor variabilis (Ixodida: Ixodidae) with Description of a New Species, Dermacentor similis n. sp.

(2021) Paula Lado et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Optimal Collection Methods for Asian Longhorned Ticks (Ixodida: Ixodidae) in the Northeast United States

(2021) Phurchhoki Sherpa et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Borreliosis Transmission from Ticks Associated with Desert Tortoise Burrows: Examples of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever in the Mojave Desert

(2021) Molly J. Bechtel et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Prevention of Lyme and other tickborne diseases using a rodent‐targeted approach: A randomized controlled trial in Connecticut

(2021) Alison F. Hinckley et al.   Zoonoses and Public Health

Collaborating With Community Scientists Across Arkansas to Update Tick Distributions and Pathogen Prevalence of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsia and Ehrlichia

(2021) Ashley P G Dowling et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Mapping distributions of the Lyme disease vector, Ixodes scapularis, and spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, in Kentucky using passive and active surveillance

(2021) Anna R. Pasternak et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Ixodida: Ixodidae) Larvae Collected From Vegetation in the Coastal Wildlife Corridor of Southern Texas and Research Solutions for Integrated Eradication

(2020) Weste L A Osbrink et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Preliminary Evaluation of Human Personal Protective Measures Against the Nymphal Stage of the Asian Longhorned Tick (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2020) Erik Foster et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Protective Effectiveness of Long-Lasting Permethrin Impregnated Clothing Against Tick Bites in an Endemic Lyme Disease Setting: A Randomized Control Trial Among Outdoor Workers

(2020) Cedar Mitchell et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Tick and Tickborne Pathogen Surveillance as a Public Health Tool in the United States

(2020) Rebecca J Eisen et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Multiple pruritic tick bites by Asian Longhorned tick larvae (Haemaphysalis longicornis)

(2020) Matthew Bickerton et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACAROLOGY

Powassan Virus Encephalitis Following Brief Attachment of Connecticut Deer Ticks

(2020) Henry M Feder et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Detection of Dermacentor andersoni (Acari: Ixodidae) in Brazil on a Human Traveler Returning from the United States

(2020) Álvaro A Faccini-Martínez et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Experimental Infection of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) With Bourbon Virus (Orthomyxoviridae: Thogotovirus)

(2020) Marvin S Godsey et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Association between lone star tick bites and increased alpha-gal sensitization: evidence from a prospective cohort of outdoor workers

(2020) Cedar L. Mitchell et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Establishing a baseline for tick surveillance in Alaska: Tick collection records from 1909-2019

(2020) Micah B. Hahn et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Prevalence of single and coinfections of human pathogens in Ixodes ticks from five geographical regions in the United States, 2013–2019

(2020) Aine Lehane et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

The growing importance of lone star ticks in a Lyme disease endemic county: Passive tick surveillance in Monmouth County, NJ, 2006 – 2016

(2019) Robert A. Jordan et al.   PLoS One

A 117-year retrospective analysis of Pennsylvania tick community dynamics

(2019) Damie Pak et al.   Parasites & Vectors

A minority of children diagnosed with Lyme disease recall a preceding tick bite

(2019) Lise E. Nigrovic et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Predicting spatiotemporal patterns of Lyme disease incidence from passively collected surveillance data for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato-infected Ixodes scapularis ticks

(2019) Eliza A.H. Little et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Citizen science informs human-tick exposure in the Northeastern United States

(2019) W. Tanner Porter et al.   International Journal of Health Geographics

First Recognized Human Bite in the United States by the Asian Longhorned Tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis

(2019) Gary P Wormser et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The soft ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida: Argasidae) of Mexico: species, hosts, and geographical distribution

(2019) CARMEN GUZMÁN-CORNEJO et al.   ZOOTAXA

Time of year and outdoor recreation affect human exposure to ticks in California, United States

(2019) Daniel J. Salkeld et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Passive Tick Surveillance: Exploring Spatiotemporal Associations of Borrelia burgdorferi (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae), Babesia microti (Piroplasmida: Babesiidae), and Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Rickettsiales: Anaplasmataceae) Infection in Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2019) Eliza A.H. Little et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Decoupling of Blacklegged Tick Abundance and Lyme Disease Incidence in Southern Maine, USA

(2019) Susan P Elias et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Vector competence studies with hard ticks and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato spirochetes: A review

(2019) Lars Eisen   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Using citizen science to describe the prevalence and distribution of tick bite and exposure to tick-borne diseases in the United States

(2018) Nathan C. Nieto et al.   PLoS One

The Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis : An Increasing Public Health Concern

(2018) Rebecca J. Eisen et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

Risk factors for tick exposure in suburban settings in the Northeastern United States

(2018) P. Mead et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Pathogen transmission in relation to duration of attachment by Ixodes scapularis ticks

(2018) Lars Eisen   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Range Expansion of Tick Disease Vectors in North America: Implications for Spread of Tick-Borne Disease

(2018) Daniel Sonenshine   International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Vital Signs: Trends in Reported Vectorborne Disease Cases — United States and Territories, 2004–2016

(2018) Ronald Rosenberg et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Human-Biting Ixodes Ticks and Pathogen Prevalence from California, Oregon, and Washington

(2018) Guang Xu et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Evidence for transmission of the zoonotic apicomplexan parasite Babesia duncani by the tick Dermacentor albipictus

(2018) Andrea Swei et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY

Argasid and ixodid systematics: Implications for soft tick evolution and systematics, with a new argasid species list

(2018) Ben J. Mans et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Multistate Infestation with the Exotic Disease–Vector Tick Haemaphysalis longicornis — United States, August 2017–September 2018

(2018) C. Ben Beard et al.   MMWR-MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY WEEKLY REPORT

Tick-Borne Zoonoses in the United States: Persistent and Emerging Threats to Human Health

(2017) Rebecca J Eisen et al.   ILAR JOURNAL

The First Evidence of Nanism in Ixodes (Ixodes) scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae), Found Parasitizing a Human Host

(2017) John Soghigian et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Range Expansion and Increasing Borrelia burgdorferi Infection of the Tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in Iowa, 1990–2013

(2017) Jonathan D Oliver et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

New Records of Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) From Dogs, Cats, Humans, and Some Wild Vertebrates in Alaska: Invasion Potential

(2016) Lance A. Durden et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Transmission of Heartland Virus (Bunyaviridae:Phlebovirus) by Experimentally InfectedAmblyomma americanum(Acari: Ixodidae)

(2016) Marvin S. Godsey et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Factors associated with tick bites and pathogen prevalence in ticks parasitizing humans in Georgia, USA

(2016) Elizabeth R. Gleim et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Incident Tick-Borne Infections in a Cohort of North Carolina Outdoor Workers

(2016) John W. Wallace et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Passive Surveillance ofIxodes scapularis(Say), Their Biting Activity, and Associated Pathogens in Massachusetts

(2016) Guang Xu et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Ticks collected from humans, domestic animals, and wildlife in Yucatan, Mexico

(2016) R.I. Rodríguez-Vivas et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

The Dermacentor (Acari, Ixodida, Ixodidae) of Mexico: hosts, geographical distribution and new records

(2016) Carmen Guzmán-Cornejo et al.   ZooKeys

The Eco-epidemiology of Pacific Coast Tick Fever in California

(2016) Kerry A. Padgett et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Borrelia burgdorferi Not Confirmed in Human-Biting Amblyomma americanum Ticks from the Southeastern United States

(2015) Ellen Y. Stromdahl et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Evolving Medical and Veterinary Importance of the Gulf Coast tick (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2015) C. D. Paddock et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

The taxonomic status of Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille, 1806)

(2015) Santiago Nava et al.   VETERINARY PARASITOLOGY

Amblyomma triste(Acari: Ixodidae): New North American Collection Records, Including the First From the United States : Table 1

(2015) James W. Mertins et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Long-lasting Permethrin Impregnated Uniforms

(2014) Meagan F. Vaughn et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

Effectiveness of permethrin-treated clothing to prevent tick exposure in foresters in the central Appalachian region of the USA

(2014) Stephanie L. Richards et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH

Occurrence and County-Level Distribution of Ticks (Acari: Ixodoidea) in Nebraska Using Passive Surveillance

(2014) R. Cortinas et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Survey of Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) and Tick-Borne Pathogens in North Dakota

(2014) Nathan M. Russart et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY

Comparison of phenology and pathogen prevalence, including infection with the Ehrlichia muris-like (EML) agent, of Ixodes scapularis removed from soldiers in the midwestern and the northeastern United States over a 15 year period (1997-2012)

(2014) Ellen Stromdahl et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Prevalence of Rickettsiales in ticks removed from the skin of outdoor workers in North Carolina

(2014) Sangmi Lee et al.   Parasites & Vectors

Reassessment of the taxonomic status of Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) with the description of three new species, Amblyomma tonelliae n. sp., Amblyomma interandinum n. sp. and Amblyomma patinoi n. sp., and reinstatement of Amblyomma mixtum Koch, 1844, and Amblyomma sculptum Berlese, 1888 (Ixodida: Ixodidae)

(2014) Santiago Nava et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Reestablishment of Amblyomma tenellum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae)

(2014) Santiago Nava et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Prospective Health Assessment of Fort Campbell, Kentucky Patrons Bitten by Ticks

(2013) Rendi Murphree et al.   MILITARY MEDICINE

Single-tube real-time PCR assay for differentiation of Ixodes affinis and Ixodes scapularis

(2013) Chelsea L. Wright et al.   Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI) in the North: STARI Following a Tick Bite in Long Island, New York

(2011) H. M. Feder et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Pilot Study Assessing the Effectiveness of Long-Lasting Permethrin-Impregnated Clothing for the Prevention of Tick Bites

(2011) Meagan F. Vaughn et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Detection of Rickettsia parkeri and Candidatus Rickettsia andeanae in Amblyomma maculatum Gulf Coast Ticks Collected from Humans in the United States

(2011) Ju Jiang et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Travel and disease vector ticks

(2011) John W. McGarry   Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) Infestation at Two Rural, Seasonal Camps in Maine and Vermont

(2010) C. Lubelczyk et al.   JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY

Biology and ecology of the brown dog tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus

(2010) Filipe Dantas-Torres   Parasites & Vectors

Infrequency of Rickettsia rickettsii in Dermacentor variabilis Removed from Humans, with Comments on the Role of Other Human-Biting Ticks Associated with Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae in the United States

(2010) Ellen Y. Stromdahl et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Update on Powassan Virus: Emergence of a North American Tick-Borne Flavivirus

(2009) Gregory D. Ebel   Annual Review of Entomology

Molecular Detection of Rickettsia amblyommii in Amblyomma americanum Parasitizing Humans

(2009) Ju Jiang et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES

Geographic distribution and genetic diversity of the Ehrlichia sp. from Panola Mountain in Amblyomma americanum

(2008) Amanda D Loftis et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Tick Paralysis

(2008) Jonathan A. Edlow et al.   INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Conjunctival Attachment of a Tick: Clinicopathologic Report of a Case

(2008) Christi Willen et al.   JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Ectoparasites and Associated Pathogens of Free-Roaming and Captive Animals in Zoos of South Carolina

(2008) Mark P. Nelder et al.   VECTOR-BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES