Survival of adult Amblyomma americanum, Amblyomma maculatum, and Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae) in four habitats in southeastern Virginia.

ABSTRACT: Adult, unfed Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus), Amblyomma maculatum Koch, and Dermacentor variabilis (Say) ticks were housed inside environmental containers in situ from May through August 2015. The environmental containers were placed in 4 habitats in southeastern Virginia, United States. Two of the habitats were located in low ground and were prone to flooding; the other two consisted of a drier landscape located in a more upland habitat. A Cox Regression survival analysis indicated there was a significant difference in survival among species across all field sites. There was a 50.5-times higher risk of mortality for A. maculatum compared to A. americanum, a 4.3-times higher risk of mortality for A. maculatum compared to D. variabilis, and an 11.9-times higher risk of mortality for D. vari

SUBMITTER: Bidder L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10496434 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature