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Different populations of blacklegged tick nymphs exhibit differences in questing behavior that have implications for human lyme disease risk by Arsnoe, Isis M, Hickling, Graham J, Ginsberg, Howard S, McElreath, Richard, Tsao, Jean I

“…Animal behavior can have profound effects on pathogen transmission and disease incidence. We studied the questing (= host-seeking) behavior of blacklegged tick…”
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Landscape features predict the current and forecast the future geographic spread of Lyme disease by Gardner, Allison M, Pawlikowski, Natalie C, Hamer, Sarah A, Hickling, Graham J, Miller, James R, Schotthoefer, Anna M, Tsao, Jean I, Allan, Brian F

“…Lyme disease, the most prevalent vector-borne disease in North America, is increasing in incidence and geographic distribution as the tick vector, , spreads to…”
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Why Lyme disease is common in the northern US, but rare in the south: The roles of host choice, host-seeking behavior, and tick density by Ginsberg, Howard S, Hickling, Graham J, Burke, Russell L, Ogden, Nicholas H, Beati, Lorenza, LeBrun, Roger A, Arsnoe, Isis M, Gerhold, Richard, Han, Seungeun, Jackson, Kaetlyn, Maestas, Lauren, Moody, Teresa, Pang, Genevieve, Ross, Breann, Rulison, Eric L, Tsao, Jean I

“…Lyme disease is common in the northeastern United States, but rare in the southeast, even though the tick vector is found in both regions. Infection prevalence…”
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High Prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi among Adult Blacklegged Ticks from White-Tailed Deer by Han, Seungeun, Hickling, Graham J, Tsao, Jean I

“…We compared the prevalence of Borrelia miyamotoi infection in questing and deer-associated adult Ixodes scapularis ticks in Wisconsin, USA. Prevalence among…”
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Environmental Factors Affecting Survival of Immature Ixodes scapularis and Implications for Geographical Distribution of Lyme Disease: The Climate/Behavior Hypothesis by Ginsberg, Howard S, Albert, Marisa, Acevedo, Lixis, Dyer, Megan C, Arsnoe, Isis M, Tsao, Jean I, Mather, Thomas N, LeBrun, Roger A

“…Recent reports suggest that host-seeking nymphs in southern populations of Ixodes scapularis remain below the leaf litter surface, while northern nymphs seek…”
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Niche Partitioning of Borrelia burgdorferi and Borrelia miyamotoi in the Same Tick Vector and Mammalian Reservoir Species by Barbour, Alan G, Bunikis, Jonas, Travinsky, Bridgit, Hoen, Anne Gatewood, Diuk-Wasser, Maria A, Fish, Durland, Tsao, Jean I

“…The Lyme borreliosis agent Borrelia burgdorferi and the relapsing fever group species Borrelia miyamotoi co-occur in the United States. We used…”
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Correction: Why Lyme disease is common in the northern US, but rare in the south: The roles of host choice, host-seeking behavior, and tick density by Ginsberg, Howard S., Hickling, Graham J., Burke, Russell L., Ogden, Nicholas H., Beati, Lorenza, LeBrun, Roger A., Arsnoe, Isis M., Gerhold, Richard, Han, Seungeun, Jackson, Kaetlyn, Maestas, Lauren, Moody, Teresa, Pang, Genevieve, Ross, Breann, Rulison, Eric L., Tsao, Jean I.

“…[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001066.]…”
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An Ecological Approach to Preventing Human Infection: Vaccinating Wild Mouse Reservoirs Intervenes in the Lyme Disease Cycle by Tsao, Jean I, Wootton, J Timothy, Bunikis, Jonas, Luna, Maria Gabriela, Fish, Durland, Barbour, Alan G

“…Many pathogens, such as the agents of West Nile encephalitis and plague, are maintained in nature by animal reservoirs and transmitted to humans by arthropod…”
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Associations of passerine birds, rabbits, and ticks with Borrelia miyamotoi and Borrelia andersonii in Michigan, U.S.A by Hamer, Sarah A, Hickling, Graham J, Keith, Rich, Sidge, Jennifer L, Walker, Edward D, Tsao, Jean I

“…BACKGROUND: Wild birds contribute to maintenance and dissemination of vectors and microbes, including those that impact human, domestic animal, and wildlife…”
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Two Boundaries Separate Borrelia burgdorferi Populations in North America by MARGOS, Gabriele, TSAO, Jean I, CASTILLO-RAMIREZ, Santiago, GIRARD, Yvette A, HAMER, Sarah A, GATEWOOD HOEN, Anne, LANE, Robert S, RAPER, Steve L, OGDEN, Nicholas H

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Diverse Borrelia burgdorferi Strains in a Bird-Tick Cryptic Cycle by Hamer, Sarah A, Hickling, Graham J, Sidge, Jennifer L, Rosen, Michelle E, Walker, Edward D, Tsao, Jean I

“…The blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis is the primary vector of the most prevalent vector-borne zoonosis in North America, Lyme disease (LD). Enzootic…”
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Comparison of survival patterns of northern and southern genotypes of the North American tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) under northern and southern conditions by Ginsberg, Howard S, Rulison, Eric L, Azevedo, Alexandra, Pang, Genevieve C, Kuczaj, Isis M, Tsao, Jean I, LeBrun, Roger A

“…BACKGROUND: Several investigators have reported genetic differences between northern and southern populations of Ixodes scapularis in North America, as well as…”
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Possible Effects of Climate Change on Ixodid Ticks and the Pathogens They Transmit: Predictions and Observations by Ogden, Nicholas H., Beard, C. Ben, Ginsberg, Howard S., Tsao, Jean I.

“…The global climate has been changing over the last century due to greenhouse gas emissions and will continue to change over this century, accelerating without…”
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The Contribution of Wildlife Hosts to the Rise of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in North America by Tsao, Jean I., Hamer, Sarah A., Han, Seungeun, Sidge, Jennifer L., Hickling, Graham J.

“…Wildlife vertebrate hosts are integral to enzootic cycles of tick-borne pathogens, and in some cases have played key roles in the recent rise of ticks and…”
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Nymphal Ixodes scapularis questing behavior explains geographic variation in Lyme borreliosis risk in the eastern United States by Arsnoe, Isis, Tsao, Jean I., Hickling, Graham J.

“…Most people who contract Lyme borreliosis in the eastern United States (US) acquire infection from the bite of the nymphal life stage of the vector tick Ixodes…”
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Reviewing molecular adaptations of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes in the context of reproductive fitness in natural transmission cycles by Tsao, Jean I

“…Lyme borreliosis (LB) is caused by a group of pathogenic spirochetes - most often Borrelia burgdorferi, B. afzelii, and B. garinii - that are vectored by hard…”
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Diapause in ticks of the medically important Ixodes ricinus species complex by Gray, Jeremy S, Kahl, Olaf, Lane, Robert S, Levin, Michael L, Tsao, Jean I

“…Four members of the Ixodes ricinus species complex, Ixodes pacificus, Ixodes persulcatus, Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes scapularis, have, between them, a worldwide…”
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Genome resequencing reveals population divergence and local adaptation of blacklegged ticks in the United States by Schoville, Sean D., Burke, Russell L., Dong, Dahn‐young, Ginsberg, Howard S., Maestas, Lauren, Paskewitz, Susan M., Tsao, Jean I.

“…Tick vectors and tick‐borne disease are increasingly impacting human populations globally. An important challenge is to understand tick movement patterns, as…”
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Fundamental processes in the evolutionary ecology of Lyme borreliosis by Kurtenbach, Klaus, Hanincová, Klára, Tsao, Jean I, Margos, Gabriele, Fish, Durland, Ogden, Nicholas H

“…The evolutionary ecology of many emerging infectious diseases, particularly vector-borne zoonoses, is poorly understood. Here, we aim to develop a biological,…”
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Evidence for Geographic Variation in Life-Cycle Processes Affecting Phenology of the Lyme Disease Vector Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in the United States by Ogden, Nicholas H., Pang, Genevieve, Ginsberg, Howard S., Hickling, Graham J., Burke, Russell L., Beati, Lorenza, Tsao, Jean I.

“…The seasonal activity pattern of immature Ixodes scapularis Say (Acari: Ixodidae) varies geographically in the United States, which may affect the efficiency…”
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