▪ Abstract Deer have expanded their range and increased dramatically in abundance
worldwide in recent decades. They inflict major economic losses in forestry, agriculture, and …

In the 1980s, the blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, and rodents were recognized as
the principal vector and reservoir hosts of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi …

During the last 3 centuries, sweeping manipulations of habitat for agriculture, silviculture,
and, to a lesser degree, game management have improved and expanded habitat for white …

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus Zimmerman), serve as the primary host for the
adult blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis Say), the vector for Lyme disease, human …

OBJECTIVES. A geographic information system was used to identify and locate residential
environmental risk factors for Lyme disease. METHODS. Data were obtained for 53 …

In addition to serving as vectors of several other human pathogens, the black-legged tick,
Ixodes scapularis Say, and western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus Cooley and Kohls …

Most human diseases come from nature, from pathogens that live and breed in non-human
animals and are" accidentally" transmitted to us. Human illness is only the culmination of a …

A diverse array of ixodid and argasid ticks infest dogs and cats in North America, resulting in
skin lesions, blood loss, and disease. The ticks most commonly found on pets in this region …

Lyme disease (LD), the most frequently reported vector-borne disease in the United States,
requires that humans, infected vector ticks, and infected hosts all occur in close spatial …

The abundance of the tick Ixodes ricinus (L.) and the infection rate of ticks with Borrelia
burgdorferi (Johnson et al.) were compared on either side of a deer fence in a forest park in …