Changes in Abundance of the Ixodes scapularis Say (Blacklegged Tick) in Adair County, Missouri, from 2006 to 2015

Changes in Abundance of the Ixodes scapularis Say (Blacklegged Tick) in Adair County, Missouri, from 2006 to 2015

Ixodes scapularis (Blacklegged Tick), vector of Lyme disease, has a broad distribution in eastern North America, but is relatively rare in Missouri. In this study, we report the change in abundance of this species in Adair County, MO, from 2006 to 2015. We collected data from 85 small-mammal trappin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Northeastern naturalist 2019-03, Vol.26 (1), p.137-140
Hauptverfasser: Hahn, Emily N, Foré, Stephanie A
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Abundance
Arachnids
Baits
Entomology
Ixodes scapularis
Lyme disease
Parasitic diseases
Population
Sampling
Surveillance
Temperature effects
Ticks
Vector-borne diseases
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Zusammenfassung:Ixodes scapularis (Blacklegged Tick), vector of Lyme disease, has a broad distribution in eastern North America, but is relatively rare in Missouri. In this study, we report the change in abundance of this species in Adair County, MO, from 2006 to 2015. We collected data from 85 small-mammal trapping sessions beginning in 2006, and from 175 off-host sampling sessions using both drag and bait sampling beginning in 2007. The total number of Blacklegged Ticks collected in this study was 182; we collected
ISSN:1092-6194
1938-5307
DOI:10.1656/045.026.0112