| spatial distribution of larval ixodes scapularis (acari:ixodidae) on peromyscus leucopus and microtus pennsylvanicus at two island sites. | larval blacklegged ticks, ixodes scapularis, were collected from white-footed mice. peromyscus leucopus, on prudence island (where microtus pennsylvanicus were not captured) and from meadow voles. m. pennsylvanicus, on patience island (where p. leucopus was absent) in narragansett bay, rhode island from june to october 1992. ixodes scapularis larvae were also collected by flagging in the vicinity of host captures. on both islands, the relative density of larvae changed from july to september in ... | 1997 | 9105297 |
| reservoir competence of the meadow vole (rodentia: cricetidae) for the lyme disease spirochete borrelia burgdorferi. | the reservoir competence of the meadow vole, microtus pennsylvanicus ord, for the lyme disease spirochete borrelia burgdorferi johnson, schmid, hyde, steigerwalt & brenner was established on patience island, ri. meadow voles were collected from 5 locations throughout rhode island. at 4 of the field sites, m. pennsylvanicus represented only 4.0% (n = 141) of the animals captured. however, on patience island, m. pennsylvanicus was the sole small mammal collected (n = 48). of the larval ixodes scap ... | 1998 | 9775612 |
| enzootic transmission of deer tick virus in new england and wisconsin sites. | to determine whether rodents that are intensely exposed to the deer tick-transmitted agents of lyme disease, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, and human babesiosis are also exposed to deer tick virus (dtv), we assayed serum samples from white-footed mice (peromyscus leucopus) and meadow voles (microtus pennsylvanicus) in sites densely infested by deer ticks. to conduct serosurveys, we developed an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) and western blot assay by cloning, expressing, and purifyi ... | 2000 | 11357992 |