The environment, the tick, and the pathogen–It is an ensemble

J Couret, S Schofield, S Narasimhan - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Ixodes scapularis is one of the predominant vectors of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of
Lyme disease in the USA. The geographic distribution of I. scapularis, endemic to the …

Global exponential stability analysis for tick population model with delayed sub-linear Gamma-Ricker nonlinearities

C Huang, J Wu - Journal of Differential Equations, 2023 - Elsevier
We argue that self-regulation in tick population dynamics in the natural world is not
associated with the egg-production saturation, that was normally assumed in existing …

Identification and distribution of Rhipicephalus microplus in selected high-cattle density districts in Uganda: signaling future demand for novel tick control approaches

P Etiang, SA Atim, J Nkamwesiga, D Nalumenya… - BMC Veterinary …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1888), the Asian
blue tick, is a highly invasive and adaptable ectoparasite. This tick species has successfully …

First record of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus in Ghana, a potential risk to livestock production

SO Addo, RE Bentil, BOA Baako, CA Addae… - … and Applied Acarology, 2023 - Springer
Ticks are a public health threat due to their tendency to spread pathogens that affect humans
and animals. With reports of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus invasion in neighbouring …

Complex dynamics in tick-borne disease transmission: A Filippov-type control strategy model with multiple time delays

N Yu, X Zhang - Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper presents a tick-borne disease transmission model with a Filippov-type control
strategy that involves spraying insecticides to kill ticks once the number of infected hosts …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the potential impact of livestock immunisation and acaricide use on controlling the spread of East Coast fever

M Chinyoka, G Muchatibaya, P Jambwa… - Parasite Epidemiology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Immunisation of livestock with high-quality vaccines and the use of acaricides are highly
ranked tick control strategies worldwide. However, the effects of coupling livestock …

[HTML][HTML] A patchy model for tick population dynamics with patch-specific developmental delays

M Tosato, X Zhang, J Wu - Mathematical Biosciences and …, 2022 - aimspress.com
Tick infestation and tick-borne disease spread in a region of multiple adjacent patches with
different environmental conditions depend heavily on the host mobility and patch-specific …

Adaptive sliding control of a Tick-Borne Disease model with stage structure and co-feeding transmission

J Liu, X Zhang - Nonlinear Science, 2025 - Elsevier
This study aims to develop a nonlinear robust controller with adaptive gains to prevent
disease outbreaks in a tick-borne disease system. The transmission of tick-borne disease is …

Co-feeding transmission leads to bi-stability of tick-borne disease spread dynamics

X Zhang, J Wu - Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 2024 - ams.org
Considering that co-feeding transmission depends on the loads of infected ticks on each
host, we develop a tick-borne disease dynamics model with co-feeding transmission …

Identification and distribution of Rhipicephalus microplus in selected high-cattle density districts in Uganda

P Etiang, SA Atim, J Nkamwesiga, D Nalumenya… - 2023 - researchsquare.com
Background: Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus (Canestrini, 1888), the Asian blue tick, is
a highly invasive and adaptable ectoparasite. It has successfully established itself in most …