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Garshong R, Richardson E, Chen K, Cave G, Roe R
Exp Appl Acarol . 2024 Dec; 94(1):3. PMID: 39638980
Diatomaceous earth (DE) recently was shown to rapidly kill ticks. Proof of concept for use of DE to kill the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, the most widely distributed native...
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Richardson E, Garshong R, Chen K, Crossley D, McLean B, Wasserberg G, et al.
PLoS One . 2024 Dec; 19(12):e0311698. PMID: 39637059
Chiggers are larval mites that pose a significant health risk globally via the spread of scrub typhus. However, fundamental studies into the bacterial microbiome in North America have never been...
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Garshong R, Hidalgo D, Ponnusamy L, Watson D, Roe R
Insects . 2024 Nov; 15(11). PMID: 39590442
The longhorned tick (LHT), Neumann (Acari: Ixodidae), is a serious invasive pest in North America where its geographical range is expanding with high densities associated with commercial animal production. There...
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Cave G, Richardson E, Chen K, Watson D, Roe R
Microorganisms . 2023 Aug; 11(8). PMID: 37630466
Ticks in the USA are the most important arthropod vector of microbes that cause human and animal disease. The blacklegged tick, , the focus of this study, is able to...
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Chen K, Deguenon J, Lawrie R, Roe R
Biomolecules . 2023 Aug; 13(8). PMID: 37627300
Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) serve as vectors for transmitting protozoan parasites, spp., that cause the disease called leishmaniasis. The main approach to controlling sand flies is the use of chemical...
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Chen K, Travanty N, Garshong R, Crossley D, Wasserberg G, Apperson C, et al.
Emerg Infect Dis . 2023 Jul; 29(8):1676-1679. PMID: 37486323
Scrub typhus, a rickettsial disease caused by Orientia spp., is transmitted by infected larval trombiculid mites (chiggers). We report the molecular detection of Orientia species in free-living Eutrombicula chiggers collected...
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Luan K, McCord M, West A, Cave G, Travanty N, Apperson C, et al.
Insects . 2023 May; 14(5). PMID: 37233033
Mosquito vector-borne diseases such as malaria and dengue pose a major threat to human health. Personal protection from mosquito blood feeding is mostly by treating clothing with insecticides and the...
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Richardson E, Roe R, Apperson C, Ponnusamy L
Microorganisms . 2023 Feb; 11(2). PMID: 36838458
is a potentially pathogenic species of within the spotted fever group vectored by ticks. While many studies have been published on this species, there is debate over its pathogenicity and...
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Chen K, Ponnusamy L, Mouhamadou C, Fodjo B, Sadia G, Affoue F, et al.
PLoS One . 2022 Dec; 17(12):e0278912. PMID: 36520830
Over the past 10 years, studies using high-throughput 16S rRNA gene sequencing have shown that mosquitoes harbor diverse bacterial communities in their digestive system. However, no previous research has examined...
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Dhammi A, van Krestchmar J, Zhu J, Ponnusamy L, Gould F, Reisig D, et al.
Int J Mol Sci . 2022 Dec; 23(23). PMID: 36499184
The use of insect-resistant transgenic crops producing protein Cry toxins (Bt) to control caterpillars is wide-spread. Development of a mechanism to prevent Bt from reaching its target site in the...