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Diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the Central Midwest (USA)

Between March 2014 and February 2017, host-seeking ticks were collected during the late spring and summer months seasonally, and as well as continually through all seasons from several sites in a periurban environment in Pittsburg, Kansas, located in the Central Midwestern United States. All three p...

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Autores principales: Hroobi, Ali, Boorgula, Gunavanthi D., Gordon, David, Bai, Jianfa, Goodin, Doug, Anderson, Gary, Wilson, Savannah, Staggs, Alex, Raghavan, Ram K.
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8064531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33891636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250272
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author Hroobi, Ali
Boorgula, Gunavanthi D.
Gordon, David
Bai, Jianfa
Goodin, Doug
Anderson, Gary
Wilson, Savannah
Staggs, Alex
Raghavan, Ram K.
author_facet Hroobi, Ali
Boorgula, Gunavanthi D.
Gordon, David
Bai, Jianfa
Goodin, Doug
Anderson, Gary
Wilson, Savannah
Staggs, Alex
Raghavan, Ram K.
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description Between March 2014 and February 2017, host-seeking ticks were collected during the late spring and summer months seasonally, and as well as continually through all seasons from several sites in a periurban environment in Pittsburg, Kansas, located in the Central Midwestern United States. All three post-emergent life-stages of Amblyomma americanum, and the adults of three other ticks viz. Dermacentor variabilis, A. maculatum, and Ixodes scapularis were collected using the flagging method, and were taxonomically identified using morphological and molecular methods. A total of 15946 ticks were collected from these sites. A vast majority of the ticks collected over the three-year study period was A. americanum (79.01%). The three other species collected included D. variabilis (13.10%), A. maculatum (7.15%), and Ixodes scapularis (0.73%). More female ticks of each species were collected throughout the study period from all sites, and a unimodal activity period was noted for all four species. The diversity, composition, and phenology of these medically significant tick species are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-80645312021-05-04 Diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the Central Midwest (USA) Hroobi, Ali Boorgula, Gunavanthi D. Gordon, David Bai, Jianfa Goodin, Doug Anderson, Gary Wilson, Savannah Staggs, Alex Raghavan, Ram K. PLoS One Research Article Between March 2014 and February 2017, host-seeking ticks were collected during the late spring and summer months seasonally, and as well as continually through all seasons from several sites in a periurban environment in Pittsburg, Kansas, located in the Central Midwestern United States. All three post-emergent life-stages of Amblyomma americanum, and the adults of three other ticks viz. Dermacentor variabilis, A. maculatum, and Ixodes scapularis were collected using the flagging method, and were taxonomically identified using morphological and molecular methods. A total of 15946 ticks were collected from these sites. A vast majority of the ticks collected over the three-year study period was A. americanum (79.01%). The three other species collected included D. variabilis (13.10%), A. maculatum (7.15%), and Ixodes scapularis (0.73%). More female ticks of each species were collected throughout the study period from all sites, and a unimodal activity period was noted for all four species. The diversity, composition, and phenology of these medically significant tick species are discussed. Public Library of Science 2021-04-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8064531/ /pubmed/33891636 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250272 Text en © 2021 Hroobi et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Hroobi, Ali
Boorgula, Gunavanthi D.
Gordon, David
Bai, Jianfa
Goodin, Doug
Anderson, Gary
Wilson, Savannah
Staggs, Alex
Raghavan, Ram K.
Diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the Central Midwest (USA)
title Diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the Central Midwest (USA)
title_full Diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the Central Midwest (USA)
title_fullStr Diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the Central Midwest (USA)
title_full_unstemmed Diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the Central Midwest (USA)
title_short Diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the Central Midwest (USA)
title_sort diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the central midwest (usa)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8064531/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33891636
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250272
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