Diversity and seasonality of host-seeking ticks in a periurban environment in the Central Midwest (USA)

Between March 2014 and February 2017, host-seeking ticks were collected during the late spring and summer months seasonally, and as well as continually through all seasons from several sites in a periurban environment in Pittsburg, Kansas, located in the Central Midwestern United States. All three p...

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Published in:PloS one 2021-04, Vol.16 (4), p.e0250272-e0250272
Main Authors: Hroobi, Ali, Boorgula, Gunavanthi D, Gordon, David, Bai, Jianfa, Goodin, Doug, Anderson, Gary, Wilson, Savannah, Staggs, Alex, Raghavan, Ram K
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anaplasmosis
Anthropogenic factors
Arachnids
Bacterial diseases
Behavior
Biology and Life Sciences
Climate change
Diagnostic systems
Domestic animals
Earth Sciences
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Editing
Ehrlichiosis
Environmental aspects
Geography
Grasslands
Health planning
Historical account
Human influences
Identification and classification
Immunology
Infectious diseases
Livestock
Medicine
Medicine and Health Sciences
Methodology
Monocytes
Mountains
Parasitic diseases
People and places
Pets
Population dynamics
Public health
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Savannahs
Seasonal variations
Tick-borne diseases
Ticks
Tularemia
Vector-borne diseases
Veterinary colleges
Veterinary medicine
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Summary:Between March 2014 and February 2017, host-seeking ticks were collected during the late spring and summer months seasonally, and as well as continually through all seasons from several sites in a periurban environment in Pittsburg, Kansas, located in the Central Midwestern United States. All three post-emergent life-stages of Amblyomma americanum, and the adults of three other ticks viz. Dermacentor variabilis, A. maculatum, and Ixodes scapularis were collected using the flagging method, and were taxonomically identified using morphological and molecular methods. A total of 15946 ticks were collected from these sites. A vast majority of the ticks collected over the three-year study period was A. americanum (79.01%). The three other species collected included D. variabilis (13.10%), A. maculatum (7.15%), and Ixodes scapularis (0.73%). More female ticks of each species were collected throughout the study period from all sites, and a unimodal activity period was noted for all four species. The diversity, composition, and phenology of these medically significant tick species are discussed.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0250272