| suppression of ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) nymphs in a large residential community. | to determine the feasibility of suppressing ixodes scapularis say populations in a large, hyperendemic residential community, several rates of granular carbaryl were applied by ground and air to the shrub layer and wooded buffers of a forested residential community during the peak activity period of nymphs. granular carbaryl significantly reduced the abundance of i. scapularis nymphs on peromyscus leucopus raphinesque. control nymphal ticks ranged between 70.0 and 90.3%. the use of properly time ... | 1994 | 8189411 |
| prevalence of tick-borne pathogens in ixodes scapularis in a rural new jersey county. | to assess the potential risk for other tick-borne diseases, we collected 100 adult ixodes scapularis in hunterdon county, a rapidly developing rural county in lyme disease endemic western new jersey. we tested the ticks by polymerase chain reaction for borrelia burgdorferi, babesia microti, and the rickettsial agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis (hge). fifty-five ticks were infected with at least one of the three pathogens: 43 with b. burgdorferi, five with b. microti, and 17 with the hge a ... | 1998 | 9452402 |
| prevalence of borrelia burgdorferi (spirochaetales: spirochaetaceae) in ixodes scapularis (acari: ixodidae) adults in new jersey, 2000-2001. | using polymerase chain reaction, we analyzed 529 ixodes scapularis say adults collected from 16 of new jersey's 21 counties for the presence of borrelia burgdorferi, the etiological agent of lyme disease. overall, 261 (49.3%) were positive. b. burgdorferi was detected in ticks obtained from each county and from 53 of the 58 (93.1%) municipalities surveyed. the observed statewide prevalence in new jersey is similar to those reported from other northeastern and mid-atlantic states. | 2003 | 14680126 |
| strategies for reducing the risk of lyme borreliosis in north america. | the incidence of lyme borreliosis continues to increase in the united states. in 1991, when lyme borreliosis first became a nationally reportable disease to the centers for disease control and prevention (cdc), a total of 9470 cases were reported; in contrast, by 2002 a total of 23,763 cases were reported, >2.5x the total in 1991. area-wide acaricides can be highly effective in killing nymphal ixodes scapularis, with >95% of nymphs killed in studies using cyfluthrin, deltamethrin, or carbaryl. t ... | 2006 | 16524769 |
| surveillance for lyme disease--united states, 1992-2006. | lyme disease is a multisystem disease that occurs in north america, europe, and asia. in the united states, the etiologic agent is borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, a spirochete transmitted to humans by infected ixodes scapularis and i. pacificus ticks. the majority of patients with lyme disease develop a characteristic rash, erythema migrans (em), accompanied by symptoms of fever, malaise, fatigue, headache, myalgia, or arthralgia. other manifestations of infection can include arthritis, card ... | 2008 | 18830214 |