Phylogeographic dynamics of the arthropod vector, the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis).

ABSTRACT:

Background

The emergence of vector-borne pathogens in novel geographic areas is regulated by the migration of their arthropod vectors. Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) and the pathogens they vector, including the causative agents of Lyme disease, babesiosis and anaplasmosis, continue to grow in their population sizes and to expand in geographic range. Migration of this vector over the previous decades has been implicated as the cause of the re-emergence of the most prevalent infectious diseases in North America.

Methods

We systematically collected ticks from across New York State (hereafter referred to as New York) from 2004 to 2017 as part of routine tick-borne pathogen surveillance in the state. This time frame corresponds with an increase in range and incidence of ti

SUBMITTER: O'Keeffe KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9241328 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature