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Unexpected winter questing activity of ticks in the Central Midwestern United States

Unexpected questing activity of ticks was noted during the winter months of January and February in the Central Midwestern states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. From nine geographically distinct locations, four species of ticks were collected using the flagging method, of which the lon...

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Autores principales: Raghavan, Ram K., Koestel, Zoe L., Boorgula, Gunavanthi, Hroobi, Ali, Ganta, Roman, Harrington, John, Goodin, Doug, Stich, Roger W., Anderson, Gary
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34762706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259769
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author Raghavan, Ram K.
Koestel, Zoe L.
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Hroobi, Ali
Ganta, Roman
Harrington, John
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Anderson, Gary
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description Unexpected questing activity of ticks was noted during the winter months of January and February in the Central Midwestern states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. From nine geographically distinct locations, four species of ticks were collected using the flagging method, of which the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, was most abundant, followed by the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, the Gulf coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum, and the Black legged tick, Ixodes scapularis. More A. americanum nymphs were caught questing than male or female adults. The winter activity of these medically important ticks in this region poses concern for public health and offers an insight into future tick activity in light of ongoing climate change. More studies on the seasonality of these tick species, and how different climate parameters affect their seasonal activity in this region are warranted and would be expected to benefit for both human and veterinary medicine.
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spelling pubmed-85846932021-11-12 Unexpected winter questing activity of ticks in the Central Midwestern United States Raghavan, Ram K. Koestel, Zoe L. Boorgula, Gunavanthi Hroobi, Ali Ganta, Roman Harrington, John Goodin, Doug Stich, Roger W. Anderson, Gary PLoS One Research Article Unexpected questing activity of ticks was noted during the winter months of January and February in the Central Midwestern states of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. From nine geographically distinct locations, four species of ticks were collected using the flagging method, of which the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum, was most abundant, followed by the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, the Gulf coast tick, Amblyomma maculatum, and the Black legged tick, Ixodes scapularis. More A. americanum nymphs were caught questing than male or female adults. The winter activity of these medically important ticks in this region poses concern for public health and offers an insight into future tick activity in light of ongoing climate change. More studies on the seasonality of these tick species, and how different climate parameters affect their seasonal activity in this region are warranted and would be expected to benefit for both human and veterinary medicine. Public Library of Science 2021-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8584693/ /pubmed/34762706 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259769 Text en © 2021 Raghavan 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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Anderson, Gary
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8584693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34762706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259769
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