Implications of climate change on the distribution of the tick vector Ixodes scapularis and risk for Lyme disease in the Texas-Mexico transboundary region
Por:
Feria-Arroyo T.P., Castro-Arellano I., Gordillo-Perez G., Cavazos A.L., Vargas-Sandoval M., Grover A., Torres J., Medina R.F., de Leon, AAP, Esteve-Gassent M.D.
Publicada:
25 abr 2014
Resumen:
Background: Disease risk maps are important tools that help ascertain the likelihood of exposure to specific infectious agents. Understanding how climate change may affect the suitability of habitats for ticks will improve the accuracy of risk maps of tick-borne pathogen transmission in humans and domestic animal populations. Lyme disease (LD) is the most prevalent arthropod borne disease in the US and Europe. The bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi causes LD and it is transmitted to humans and other mammalian hosts through the bite of infected Ixodes ticks. LD risk maps in the transboundary region between the U.S. and Mexico are lacking. Moreover, none of the published studies that evaluated the effect of climate change in the spatial and temporal distribution of I. scapularis have focused on this region. Methods: The area of study included Texas and a portion of northeast Mexico. This area is referred herein as the Texas-Mexico transboundary region. Tick samples were obtained from various
Filiaciones:
Feria-Arroyo T.P.:
Department of Biology, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX 78539, United States
Castro-Arellano I.:
Department of Biology, College of Science and Engineering, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX 78666, United States
Gordillo-Perez G.:
Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Centro Médico Nacional SXXI, IMSS, Distrito Federal 06720, Mexico
Cavazos A.L.:
Department of Biology, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg, TX 78539, United States
Vargas-Sandoval M.:
Facultad de Agrobiología, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Uruapan, 60090 Michoacan, Mexico
Grover A.:
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
Torres J.:
Unidad de Investigación en Enfermedades Infecciosas, Centro Médico Nacional SXXI, IMSS, Distrito Federal 06720, Mexico
Medina R.F.:
Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Texas AandM University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
Esteve-Gassent M.D.:
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843, United States
USDA-ARS Knipling-Bushland, U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory, Kerrville, TX 78028, United States
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