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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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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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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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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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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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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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Selective Host Attachment by Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae): Tick–Lizard Associations in the Southeastern United States by Ginsberg, Howard S, Hickling, Graham J, Pang, Genevieve, Tsao, Jean I, Fitzgerald, Meghan, Ross, Breann, Rulison, Eric L, Burke, Russell L

“…Questing behavior and host associations of immature blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis Say, from the southeastern United States are known to differ from…”
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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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Knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding tick-borne disease prevention in Lyme disease-endemic areas of the Upper Midwest, United States by Beck, Alyssa, Bjork, Jenna, Biggerstaff, Brad J., Eisen, Lars, Eisen, Rebecca, Foster, Erik, Signs, Kimberly, Tsao, Jean I., Kough, Erin, Peterson, Molly, Schiffman, Elizabeth, Muganda, Christine P., Osborn, Rebecca, Wozniak, Ryan, Bron, Gebbiena M., Phaneuf, Daniel, Smith, Danielle, Bartholomay, Lyric, Paskewitz, Susan, Hinckley, Alison F.

“…•Investigated tick-borne disease prevention attitudes in the Upper Midwest, US.•Rates of personal tick bite prevention behaviors were high compared to other…”
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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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Vertical transmission rates of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes scapularis collected from white-tailed deer by Han, Seungeun, Lubelczyk, Charles, Hickling, Graham J., Belperron, Alexia A., Bockenstedt, Linda K., Tsao, Jean I.

“…Borrelia miyamotoi is a relapsing fever spirochete transmitted by ticks in the Ixodes ricinus complex. In the eastern United States, B. miyamotoi is…”
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Genomes, expression profiles, and diversity of mitochondria of the White-footed Deermouse Peromyscus leucopus, reservoir of Lyme disease and other zoonoses by Barbour, Alan G., Shao, Hanjuan, Cook, Vanessa J., Baldwin-Brown, James, Tsao, Jean I., Long, Anthony D.

“…The cricetine rodents Peromyscus leucopus and P. maniculatus are key reservoirs for several zoonotic diseases in North America. We determined the complete…”
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Human Risk of Infection with Borrelia burgdorferi, the Lyme Disease Agent, in Eastern United States by DIUK-WASSER, Maria A, GATEWOOD HOEN, Anne, TSAO, Jean I, BUNIKIS, Jonas, BARBOUR, Alan G, KITRON, Uriel, PIESMAN, Joseph, FISH, Durland, CISLO, Paul, BRINKERHOFF, Robert, HAMER, Sarah A, ROWLAND, Michelle, CORTINAS, Roberto, VOURC'H, Gwenael, MELTON, Forrest, HICKLING, Graham J

“…The geographic pattern of human risk for infection with Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, the tick-borne pathogen that causes Lyme disease, was mapped for…”
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Local abundance of Ixodes scapularis in forests: Effects of environmental moisture, vegetation characteristics, and host abundance by Ginsberg, Howard S., Rulison, Eric L., Miller, Jasmine L., Pang, Genevieve, Arsnoe, Isis M., Hickling, Graham J., Ogden, Nicholas H., LeBrun, Roger A., Tsao, Jean I.

“…Ixodes scapularis is the primary vector of Lyme disease spirochetes in eastern and central North America, and local densities of this tick can affect human…”
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