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Unexpected winter questing activity of ticks in the Central Midwestern United States
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11 (2021), PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 11, p e0259769 (2021), PLoS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.
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Abstract
- 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.
- Subjects :
- Male
Life Cycles
Atmospheric Science
Social Sciences
Disease Vectors
Geographical locations
Midwestern United States
Amblyomma americanum
Medical Conditions
Ticks
Medicine and Health Sciences
Psychology
Amblyomma maculatum
Climatology
Multidisciplinary
biology
Animal Behavior
Geography
Temperature
Eukaryota
Kansas
Infectious Diseases
Ixodes scapularis
Medicine
Female
Seasons
Public Health
Research Article
Arthropoda
Climate Change
Science
Zoology
Tick
Meteorology
Dogs
Arachnida
medicine
Animals
Humans
Nymph
Dermacentor variabilis
Behavior
Ixodes
Winter
Organisms
Biology and Life Sciences
Humidity
Seasonality
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Invertebrates
United States
Nymphs
Tick Infestations
Species Interactions
North America
Earth Sciences
People and places
Gulf coast tick
Developmental Biology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....caf204be27dad3a18f39e302d85af1d8