Comparison of phenology and pathogen prevalence, including infection with the Ehrlichiamuris-like (EML) agent, of Ixodes scapularis removed from soldiers in the midwestern and the northeastern United States over a 15 year period (1997-2012)

[1] Pritt BS(2011)Emergence of a new pathogenic Ehrlichia species, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 2009 New Engl J Med 365 422-429

[2] Sloan LM(2001)Prevalence of infection in ticks submitted to the human tick test kit program of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine J Med Entomol 38 67-74

[3] Johnson DK(2006)The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America Clin Infect Dis 43 1089-1134

[4] Munderloh UG(2008)Transmission dynamics of J Med Entomol 45 732-736

[5] Paskewitz SM(2011) s.s. during the key third day of feeding by nymphal Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11 1529-1534

[6] McElroy KM(2012) (Acari: Ixodidae) Ticks Tick Borne Dis 3 65-74

[7] McFadden JD(2011)Agents of human anaplasmosis and Lyme disease at Camp Ripley, Minnesota Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11 969-977

[8] Binnicker MJ(1998)Synchronous phenology of juvenile J Clin Microbiol 36 1090-1095

[9] Neitzel DF(2005), vertebrate host relationships, and associated patterns of Diagn Micr Infec Dis 53 301-306

[10] Liu G(1992) ribotypes in the midwestern United States J Clin Microbiol 30 2097-2103

[1] Pritt BS(2011)Emergence of a new pathogenic Ehrlichia species, Wisconsin and Minnesota, 2009 New Engl J Med 365 422-429

[2] Sloan LM(2001)Prevalence of infection in ticks submitted to the human tick test kit program of the U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine J Med Entomol 38 67-74

[3] Johnson DK(2006)The clinical assessment, treatment, and prevention of lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis: clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America Clin Infect Dis 43 1089-1134

[4] Munderloh UG(2008)Transmission dynamics of J Med Entomol 45 732-736

[5] Paskewitz SM(2011) s.s. during the key third day of feeding by nymphal Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11 1529-1534

[6] McElroy KM(2012) (Acari: Ixodidae) Ticks Tick Borne Dis 3 65-74

[7] McFadden JD(2011)Agents of human anaplasmosis and Lyme disease at Camp Ripley, Minnesota Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis 11 969-977

[8] Binnicker MJ(1998)Synchronous phenology of juvenile J Clin Microbiol 36 1090-1095

[9] Neitzel DF(2005), vertebrate host relationships, and associated patterns of Diagn Micr Infec Dis 53 301-306

[10] Liu G(1992) ribotypes in the midwestern United States J Clin Microbiol 30 2097-2103