Role of the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.), in human and animal diseases

• Published in: Veterinary parasitology Vol. 160; no. 1; pp. 1 - 12
• Main Authors: Goddard, Jerome, Varela-Stokes, Andrea S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 09.03.2009; Amsterdam; New York: Elsevier
• Subjects: Amblyomma americanum; Animals; Arachnid Vectors; Arachnid Vectors - microbiology; Babesia; Babesia cervi; Bullis fever; deer; Disease Reservoirs; disease transmission; Ehrlichia chaffeensis; epidemiology; host-pathogen relationships; Humans; Infection - epidemiology; Infection - transmission; Infections; Ixodidae; Ixodidae - microbiology; literature reviews; Lone star tick; microbiology; Q fever; Rickettsia; Rocky Mountain spotted fever; southern tick-associated rask illness; Theileria; Theileria cervi; Tick-borne disease; Tick-Borne Diseases; Tick-Borne Diseases - transmission; ticks; Toxoplasma; toxoplasmosis; transmission; tularemia; typhus; United States; United States - epidemiology; zoonoses; United States; Lone star tick; Amblyomma americanum; Tick-borne disease

We reviewed scientific literature pertaining to known and putative disease agents associated with the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum. Reports in the literature concerning the role of the lone star tick in the transmission of pathogens of human and animal diseases have sometimes been unclear an...