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Bracing for the Worst — Range Expansion of the Lone Star Tick in the Northeastern United States

Goudarz Molaei, Eliza Little, Scott C. Williams, Kirby C. Stafford

New England Journal of Medicine · 2019 · 107 citations · 5 references

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Bracing for the Worst Increasing population densities and subsequent range expansion, in conjunction with nondiscriminating biting habits and the capacity to transmit diverse pathogens, position th...

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Estimated Effects of Projected Climate Change on the Basic Reproductive Number of the Lyme Disease Vector <i>Ixodes scapularis</i>

Nicholas H. Ogden, Milka Radojevic ́, Xiaotian Wu et al. · Environmental Health Perspectives · 2014 · 241 citations · Full text

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Population and Evolutionary Genomics of<i>Amblyomma americanum</i>, an Expanding Arthropod Disease Vector

Javier Monzón, Elizabeth G. Atkinson, Brenna M. Henn et al. · Genome Biology and Evolution · 2016 · 92 citations · Full text

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The growing importance of lone star ticks in a Lyme disease endemic county: Passive tick surveillance in Monmouth County, NJ, 2006 – 2016

Robert Jordan, Andrea Egizi · PLoS ONE · 2019 · 80 citations · Full text

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Distribution and Establishment of the Lone Star Tick in Connecticut and Implications for Range Expansion and Public Health

Kirby C. Stafford, Goudarz Molaei, Eliza Little et al. · Journal of Medical Entomology · 2018 · 70 citations

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Occurrence and distribution of Ambylomma americanum as determined by passive surveillance in Ontario, Canada (1999–2016)

Mark P. Nelder, Curtis Russell, Katie M. Clow et al. · Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases · 2018 · 38 citations · Full text

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