A Comparison of Questing Substrates and Environmental Factors That Influence Nymphal Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) Abundance and Seasonality in the Sierra Nevada Foothills of California

• Published in: Journal of medical entomology Vol. 58; no. 4; pp. 1880 - 1890
• Main Authors: Hacker, Gregory M., Jackson, Bryan T., Niemela, Michael, Andrews, Elizabeth S., Danforth, Mary E., Pakingan, Mary Joyce, Novak, Mark G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: US Entomological Society of America 01.07.2021; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Abundance; Analysis; Borrelia; Canopies; Density; environment; Environmental assessment; Environmental factors; Foothills; Health aspects; Herbivores; Humidity; Infection; Ixodes pacificus; Leaf litter; Leaves; Lyme disease; nymph; Nymphs; Plant species; Relative humidity; Rocks; Seasonal variations; Sierra Nevada; Statistical models; Substrates; tick; Vapor pressure; Vector-borne diseases; VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES, SURVEILLANCE, PREVENTION; United States > US; California; environment; tick; nymph; Sierra Nevada; Borrelia

In California, the western blacklegged tick, Ixodes pacificus Cooley and Kohls, is the principal vector of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl) complex (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae, Johnson et al.), which includes the causative agent of Lyme disease (B. burgdorferi sensu stricto). Ixodes pac...