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Carroll, J.F. and Schmidtmann, E.T., 1996. Dispersal of blacklegged tick (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs and adults at the woods–pasture interface. Journal of Medical Entomology, 33(4), pp.554–558.
Cobbold, C.A., Teng, J. and Muldowney, J.S., 2015. The influence of host competition and predation on tick densities and management implications. Theoretical Ecology, 8, pp.349-368.
Connally, N.P., Durante, A.J., Yousey-Hindes, K.M., Meek, J.I., Nelson, R.S. and Heimer, R., 2009. Peridomestic Lyme disease prevention: results of a population-based case–control study. American journal of preventive medicine, 37(3), pp.201–206.
Curran, K.L., Fish, D. and Piesman, J., 1993. Reduction of nymphal Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae) in a residential suburban landscape by area application of insecticides. Journal of medical entomology, 30(1), pp.107–113.
Curtis, T.R., Shi, M. and Qiao, X., 2020. Patience is not always a virtue: effects of terrain complexity on the host‐seeking behaviour of adult blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, in the presence of a stationary host. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 34(3), pp.309–315.
Dautel, H., Dippel, C., Kämmer, D., Werkhausen, A. and Kahl, O., 2008. Winter activity of Ixodes ricinus in a Berlin forest. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 298, pp.50–54.
Dyer, M.C., Requintina, M.D., Berger, K.A., Puggioni, G. and Mather, T.N., 2021. Evaluating the effects of minimal risk natural products for control of the tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of medical entomology, 58(1), pp.390–397.
Eisen, L. and Stafford III, K.C., 2021. Barriers to effective tick management and tick-bite prevention in the United States (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of medical entomology, 58(4), pp.1588–1600.
Fischhoff, I.R., Bowden, S.E., Keesing, F. and Ostfeld, R.S., 2019. Systematic review and meta-analysis of tick-borne disease risk factors in residential yards, neighborhoods, and beyond. BMC infectious diseases, 19, pp.1–11.
Fleshman, A.C., Graham, C.B., Maes, S.E., Foster, E. and Eisen, R.J., 2021. Reported county-level distribution of Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia mayonii (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae), in host-seeking Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the contiguous United States. Journal of Medical Entomology, 58(3), pp.1219-1233.
Ginsberg, H.S., Rulison, E.L., Miller, J.L., Pang, G., Arsnoe, I.M., Hickling, G.J., Ogden, N.H., LeBrun, R.A. and Tsao, J.I., 2020. Local abundance of Ixodes scapularis in forests: effects of environmental moisture, vegetation characteristics, and host abundance. Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 11(1), p.101271.
Goddard, J., 1993. Ecological studies of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in central Mississippi: lateral movement of adult ticks. Journal of Medical Entomology, 30(4), pp.824–826.
Hahn, M.B., Jarnevich, C.S., Monaghan, A.J. and Eisen, R.J., 2016. Modeling the geographic distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the contiguous United States. Journal of medical entomology, 53(5), pp.1176-1191.
Hinckley, A.F., Niesobecki, S.A., Connally, N.P., Hook, S.A., Biggerstaff, B.J., Horiuchi, K.A., Hojgaard, A., Mead, P.S. and Meek, J.I., 2021. Prevention of Lyme and other tickborne diseases using a rodent‐targeted approach: A randomized controlled trial in Connecticut. Zoonoses and public health, 68(6), pp.578–587.
Kugeler, K.J., Schwartz, A.M., Delorey, M.J., Mead, P.S. and Hinckley, A.F., 2021. Estimating the frequency of Lyme disease diagnoses, United States, 2010–2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(2), p.616.
Maupin, G.O., Fish, D., Zultowsky, J., Campos, E.G. and Piesman, J. Landscape ecology of Lyme disease in a residential area of Westchester County, New York. American Journal of Epidemiology. 1991; 133:1105–1113.
Mead, P., Hook, S., Niesobecki, S., Ray, J., Meek, J., Delorey, M., Prue, C. and Hinckley, A., 2018. Risk factors for tick exposure in suburban settings in the Northeastern United States. Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 9(2), pp.319–324.
Pardanani, N. and Mather, T.N., 2004. Lack of spatial autocorrelation in fine-scale distributions of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of medical entomology, 41(5), pp.861–864.
Rodgers, S.E., Zolnik, C.P. and Mather, T.N., 2007. Duration of exposure to suboptimal atmospheric moisture affects nymphal blacklegged tick survival. Journal of medical entomology, 44(2), pp.372–375.
Schulze, T.L., Jordan, R.A. and Krivenko, A.J., 2005. Effects of barrier application of granular deltamethrin on subadult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and nontarget forest floor arthropods. Journal of economic entomology, 98(3), pp.976–981.
Schulze, T.L., Jordan, R.A. and Krivenko, A.J., 2005. Effects of barrier application of granular deltamethrin on subadult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and nontarget forest floor arthropods. Journal of economic entomology, 98(3), pp.976–981.
Schwartz, A. M, 2017. Surveillance for Lyme disease—United States, 2008–2015. MMWR. Surveillance Summaries, 66.
Shapiro, E.D., 2014. Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease). Pediatrics in review, 35(12), pp.500-509.
Sonenshine, D.E. and Roe, R.M., 2013. Ticks, people, and animals. Sonenshine; Roe ed. Biology of Ticks, 1.
Stafford III, K.C., 1994. Survival of immature Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) at different relative humidities. Journal of medical entomology, 31(2), pp.310–314.
Vail, S.G. and Smith, G., 2002. Vertical movement and posture of blacklegged tick (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs as a function of temperature and relative humidity in laboratory experiments. Journal of Medical Entomology, 39(6), pp.842–846.
Vázquez, M., Muehlenbein, C., Cartter, M., Hayes, E.B., Ertel, S. and Shapiro, E.D., 2008. Effectiveness of personal protective measures to prevent Lyme disease. Emerging infectious diseases, 14(2), p.210.
Yeh, M.T., Bak, J.M., Hu, R., Nicholson, M.C., Kelly, C. and Mather, T.N., 1995. Determining the duration of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) attachment to tick-bite victims. Journal of medical entomology, 32(6), pp.853–858.
Bertrand, M.R. and Wilson, M.L., 1996. Microclimate-dependent survival of unfed adult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in nature: life cycle and study design implications. Journal of Medical Entomology, 33(4), pp.619-627.
Carroll, J.F. and Schmidtmann, E.T., 1996. Dispersal of blacklegged tick (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs and adults at the woods–pasture interface. Journal of Medical Entomology, 33(4), pp.554–558.
Cobbold, C.A., Teng, J. and Muldowney, J.S., 2015. The influence of host competition and predation on tick densities and management implications. Theoretical Ecology, 8, pp.349-368.
Connally, N.P., Durante, A.J., Yousey-Hindes, K.M., Meek, J.I., Nelson, R.S. and Heimer, R., 2009. Peridomestic Lyme disease prevention: results of a population-based case–control study. American journal of preventive medicine, 37(3), pp.201–206.
Curran, K.L., Fish, D. and Piesman, J., 1993. Reduction of nymphal Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae) in a residential suburban landscape by area application of insecticides. Journal of medical entomology, 30(1), pp.107–113.
Curtis, T.R., Shi, M. and Qiao, X., 2020. Patience is not always a virtue: effects of terrain complexity on the host‐seeking behaviour of adult blacklegged ticks, Ixodes scapularis, in the presence of a stationary host. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 34(3), pp.309–315.
Dautel, H., Dippel, C., Kämmer, D., Werkhausen, A. and Kahl, O., 2008. Winter activity of Ixodes ricinus in a Berlin forest. International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 298, pp.50–54.
Dyer, M.C., Requintina, M.D., Berger, K.A., Puggioni, G. and Mather, T.N., 2021. Evaluating the effects of minimal risk natural products for control of the tick, Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of medical entomology, 58(1), pp.390–397.
Eisen, L. and Stafford III, K.C., 2021. Barriers to effective tick management and tick-bite prevention in the United States (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of medical entomology, 58(4), pp.1588–1600.
Fischhoff, I.R., Bowden, S.E., Keesing, F. and Ostfeld, R.S., 2019. Systematic review and meta-analysis of tick-borne disease risk factors in residential yards, neighborhoods, and beyond. BMC infectious diseases, 19, pp.1–11.
Fleshman, A.C., Graham, C.B., Maes, S.E., Foster, E. and Eisen, R.J., 2021. Reported county-level distribution of Lyme disease spirochetes, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto and Borrelia mayonii (Spirochaetales: Spirochaetaceae), in host-seeking Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in the contiguous United States. Journal of Medical Entomology, 58(3), pp.1219-1233.
Ginsberg, H.S., Rulison, E.L., Miller, J.L., Pang, G., Arsnoe, I.M., Hickling, G.J., Ogden, N.H., LeBrun, R.A. and Tsao, J.I., 2020. Local abundance of Ixodes scapularis in forests: effects of environmental moisture, vegetation characteristics, and host abundance. Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 11(1), p.101271.
Goddard, J., 1993. Ecological studies of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) in central Mississippi: lateral movement of adult ticks. Journal of Medical Entomology, 30(4), pp.824–826.
Hahn, M.B., Jarnevich, C.S., Monaghan, A.J. and Eisen, R.J., 2016. Modeling the geographic distribution of Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) in the contiguous United States. Journal of medical entomology, 53(5), pp.1176-1191.
Hinckley, A.F., Niesobecki, S.A., Connally, N.P., Hook, S.A., Biggerstaff, B.J., Horiuchi, K.A., Hojgaard, A., Mead, P.S. and Meek, J.I., 2021. Prevention of Lyme and other tickborne diseases using a rodent‐targeted approach: A randomized controlled trial in Connecticut. Zoonoses and public health, 68(6), pp.578–587.
Kugeler, K.J., Schwartz, A.M., Delorey, M.J., Mead, P.S. and Hinckley, A.F., 2021. Estimating the frequency of Lyme disease diagnoses, United States, 2010–2018. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(2), p.616.
Maupin, G.O., Fish, D., Zultowsky, J., Campos, E.G. and Piesman, J. Landscape ecology of Lyme disease in a residential area of Westchester County, New York. American Journal of Epidemiology. 1991; 133:1105–1113.
Mead, P., Hook, S., Niesobecki, S., Ray, J., Meek, J., Delorey, M., Prue, C. and Hinckley, A., 2018. Risk factors for tick exposure in suburban settings in the Northeastern United States. Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 9(2), pp.319–324.
Pardanani, N. and Mather, T.N., 2004. Lack of spatial autocorrelation in fine-scale distributions of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of medical entomology, 41(5), pp.861–864.
Rodgers, S.E., Zolnik, C.P. and Mather, T.N., 2007. Duration of exposure to suboptimal atmospheric moisture affects nymphal blacklegged tick survival. Journal of medical entomology, 44(2), pp.372–375.
Schulze, T.L., Jordan, R.A. and Krivenko, A.J., 2005. Effects of barrier application of granular deltamethrin on subadult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and nontarget forest floor arthropods. Journal of economic entomology, 98(3), pp.976–981.
Schulze, T.L., Jordan, R.A. and Krivenko, A.J., 2005. Effects of barrier application of granular deltamethrin on subadult Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) and nontarget forest floor arthropods. Journal of economic entomology, 98(3), pp.976–981.
Schwartz, A. M, 2017. Surveillance for Lyme disease—United States, 2008–2015. MMWR. Surveillance Summaries, 66.
Shapiro, E.D., 2014. Borrelia burgdorferi (Lyme disease). Pediatrics in review, 35(12), pp.500-509.
Sonenshine, D.E. and Roe, R.M., 2013. Ticks, people, and animals. Sonenshine; Roe ed. Biology of Ticks, 1.
Stafford III, K.C., 1994. Survival of immature Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) at different relative humidities. Journal of medical entomology, 31(2), pp.310–314.
Vail, S.G. and Smith, G., 2002. Vertical movement and posture of blacklegged tick (Acari: Ixodidae) nymphs as a function of temperature and relative humidity in laboratory experiments. Journal of Medical Entomology, 39(6), pp.842–846.
Vázquez, M., Muehlenbein, C., Cartter, M., Hayes, E.B., Ertel, S. and Shapiro, E.D., 2008. Effectiveness of personal protective measures to prevent Lyme disease. Emerging infectious diseases, 14(2), p.210.
Yeh, M.T., Bak, J.M., Hu, R., Nicholson, M.C., Kelly, C. and Mather, T.N., 1995. Determining the duration of Ixodes scapularis (Acari: Ixodidae) attachment to tick-bite victims. Journal of medical entomology, 32(6), pp.853–858.