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Climate change and the potential for range expansion of the Lyme disease vector Ixodes scapularis in CanadaN H Ogden
Groupe de Recherche en Epidémiologie des Zoonoses et Santé Publique, Faculte de Medecine Veterinaire, Universite de Montreal, Que, Canada
Int J Parasitol 36:63-70. 2006..The geographic range of I. scapularis-borne zoonoses may, therefore, expand significantly northwards as a consequence of climate change this century...
Investigation of relationships between temperature and developmental rates of tick Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in the laboratory and fieldN H Ogden
Groupe de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé Publique, Faculte de Medecine Veterinaire, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
J Med Entomol 41:622-33. 2004..The significance of these findings for understanding current and future distributions of I. scapularis, and of the pathogens it transmits, is discussed...
Risk factors for tick attachment to smallholder dairy cattle in TanzaniaN H Ogden
Groupe de Recherche en Epidémiologie et Santé Publique, Departement de Pathologie et Microbiologie, Faculte de Medecine Veterinaire, Université de Montréal C P 5000, Saint Hyacinthe, Que J2S 7C6, Canada
Prev Vet Med 67:157-70. 2005..The odds that animals carried ticks varied amongst the agro-ecological zones (AEZs) and administrative districts where the farms were situated-but there was still considerable residual variation in tick infestation at the farm level...
A dynamic population model to investigate effects of climate on geographic range and seasonality of the tick Ixodes scapularisN H Ogden
Groupe de Recherche en Epidémiologie des Zoonoses et Santé Publique, Departement de Pathologie et Microbiologie, Faculte de Medecine Veterinaire, Universite de Montreal, CP 5000, Saint Hyacinthe, Que, Canada J2S 7C6
Int J Parasitol 35:375-89. 2005..scapularis, implying that there is potential for spread. Future applications of the model in investigating climate change effects on I. scapularis are discussed...
Risk maps for range expansion of the Lyme disease vector, Ixodes scapularis, in Canada now and with climate changeNicholas H Ogden
Centre for Food borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Int J Health Geogr 7:24. 2008..scapularis. Risk maps will help to meet the public health challenge of Lyme disease by allowing targeting of surveillance and intervention activities...
Ixodes scapularis ticks collected by passive surveillance in Canada: analysis of geographic distribution and infection with Lyme borreliosis agent Borrelia burgdorferiN H Ogden
Groupe de Recherche en Epidémiologie des Zoonoses et Santé Publique, Universite de Montreal, Quebec, Canada J2S 7C6
J Med Entomol 43:600-9. 2006..The risk of Lyme borreliosis in Canada may therefore be mostly low but more geographically widespread than previously suspected...
Projected effects of climate change on tick phenology and fitness of pathogens transmitted by the North American tick Ixodes scapularisN H Ogden
Public Health Agency of Canada, Centre for Foodborne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Faculte de Medecine Veterinaire, Universite de Montreal, C P 5000, Saint Hyacinthe, QC J2S7C6, Canada
J Theor Biol 254:621-32. 2008..Therefore, climate change may affect the frequency and distribution of I. scapularis-borne pathogens and alter their evolutionary trajectories...
Passive surveillance for I. scapularis ticks: enhanced analysis for early detection of emerging Lyme disease riskJules K Koffi
Centre for Food borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada J2S 7C6
J Med Entomol 49:400-9. 2012....
Vector seasonality, host infection dynamics and fitness of pathogens transmitted by the tick Ixodes scapularisN H Ogden
Faculte de Medecine Veterinaire, Universite de Montreal, C P 5000, Saint Hyacinthe, QC, J2S 7C6, Canada
Parasitology 134:209-27. 2007..scapularis-borne microparasites in northeastern North America due to abiotic forcings influencing I. scapularis seasonality...
Active and passive surveillance and phylogenetic analysis of Borrelia burgdorferi elucidate the process of Lyme disease risk emergence in CanadaNicholas H Ogden
Centre for Food borne, Environmental and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Public Health Agency of Canada, Saint Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Environ Health Perspect 118:909-14. 2010..Northward expansion of the tick Ixodes scapularis is driving Lyme disease (LD) emergence in Canada. Information on mechanisms involved is needed to enhance surveillance and identify where LD risk is emerging...
Role of migratory birds in introduction and range expansion of Ixodes scapularis ticks and of Borrelia burgdorferi and Anaplasma phagocytophilum in CanadaN H Ogden
Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:1780-90. 2008..However, infrequent larvae and the low infection prevalence in ticks carried by the birds raise questions as to how B. burgdorferi and A. phagocytophilum become endemic in any tick populations established by bird-transported ticks...
The rising challenge of Lyme borreliosis in CanadaN H Ogden
Foodborne, Waterborne and Zoonotic Infections Division, Public Health Agency of Canada, St-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Can Commun Dis Rep 34:1-19. 2008
Investigation of ground level and remote-sensed data for habitat classification and prediction of survival of Ixodes scapularis in habitats of southeastern CanadaN H Ogden
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J Med Entomol 43:403-14. 2006..scapularis populations could establish in more northerly woodland types than those in which they currently exist. Suitable habitats may be detected by ground-level habitat classification, and remote-sensed data may assist this process...
Transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophilum to Ixodes ricinus ticks from sheep in the acute and post-acute phases of infectionN H Ogden
Department of Veterinary Preclinical Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZJ, UK
Infect Immun 71:2071-8. 2003....
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii among Nunavik Inuit (Canada)V Messier
Unite de Recherche en Sante publique, CHUQ CHUL, Quebec, QC, Canada
Zoonoses Public Health 56:188-97. 2009..These results raise important questions about T. gondii transmission in Nunavik including possible links between terrestrial and marine cycles...
Fundamental processes in the evolutionary ecology of Lyme borreliosisKlaus Kurtenbach
Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
Nat Rev Microbiol 4:660-9. 2006..burgdorferi s.l. populations. Additionally, we highlight possible epidemiological parallels between B. burgdorferi s.l. and other vector-borne zoonotic pathogens, including West Nile virus...
Fitness variation of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto strains in miceKlára Hanincová
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, 60 College Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
Appl Environ Microbiol 74:153-7. 2008..Our findings provide proof-of-principle evidence for intrinsic fitness variation of B. burgdorferi strains in vertebrate host species, perhaps indicating the beginnings of adaptive radiation...
Seasonal dynamics of Anaplasma phagocytophila in a rodent-tick (Ixodes trianguliceps) system, United KingdomKevin J Bown
Department of Veterinary Clinical Science and Animal Husbandry, Leahurst, University of Liverpool, Chester High Road, Neston, UK
Emerg Infect Dis 9:63-70. 2003..This study confirms that woodland rodents can maintain A. phagocytophila in Great Britain in the absence of other reservoir hosts and suggests that I. trianguliceps is a competent vector...
High-resolution genetic fingerprinting of European strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by use of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysisKevin J Bown
Infectious Disease Ecology Group, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Neston, Cheshire, CH64 7TE, United Kingdom
J Clin Microbiol 45:1771-6. 2007..phagocytophilum strains should serve well in molecular epidemiological studies of infection transmission, particularly when fine-scale strain delineation is required...
