Changing geographic ranges of human biting ticks and implications for tick-borne zoonoses in North America

SK Wikel - Zoonotic Diseases, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ticks and tick-borne pathogens are increasing public health threats due to emergence of
novel pathogens, expanding geographic ranges of tick vectors, changing ecology of tick …

Infestation patterns of Ixodes scapularis and Dermacentor variabilis on dogs and cats across Canada

S DeWinter, C Bauman, A Peregine, JS Weese… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Due to recent climatic and land use changes, Canada has experienced changes in tick
populations, leading to an increased risk of tick bites and tick-borne pathogen exposure …

Modelling the ecological niche of naturally occurring anthrax at global and circumpolar extents using an ensemble modelling framework

MA Deka, AR Vieira, WA Bower - Transboundary and emerging …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Bacillus anthracis, the causative agent of anthrax, is a spore‐forming bacterium that
primarily affects herbivorous livestock, wildlife and humans exposed to direct contact with …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the spatial and temporal patterns and risk factors for acquisition of Ixodes spp. by companion animals across Canada

S DeWinter, C Bauman, A Peregrine, JS Weese… - Ticks and Tick-borne …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climatic and land use changes have contributed to substantial changes in the abundance,
distribution, and activity patterns of ticks in Canada, which have led to an increased risk of …

Broad-scale ecological niches of pathogens vectored by the ticks Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum in North America

A Alkishe, ME Cobos, AT Peterson - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Environmental dimensions, such as temperature, precipitation, humidity, and vegetation
type, influence the activity, survival, and geographic distribution of tick species. Ticks are …

Chapter V: Broad-scale ecological niches of pathogens vectored by the ticks Ixodes scapularis and Amblyomma americanum in North America

A Alkishe, ME Cobos… - Geographic distributions of …, 2022 - search.proquest.com
Environmental dimensions such as temperature, precipitation, humidity, and vegetation type
influence the activity, survival, and geographic distribution of tick species. Ticks are vectors …

Passive Collection of Ticks in New Hampshire Reveals Species-Specific Patterns of Distribution and Activity

NF Ruiz, A Estrada-Peña, S McElroy… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
We report the main features of more than 14,000 ticks submitted through the collaboration of
citizen scientists from New Hampshire, USA through a free crowdsourcing program …