Controlling white-tailed deer populations has been considered a potential method for reducing tick densities, as white-tailed deer are important hosts for blacklegged tick reproduction. (cdc.gov)
Mutations causing growth defects in both vertebrate and tick hosts included in genes coding for a predicted alpha/beta hydrolase, a putative dicarboxylate amino acid:cation symporter, a T4SS protein, and predicted membrane-bound proteins. (bvsalud.org)
Vector4
Research on risk mitigation strategies during the last three decades has emphasized methods to reduce densities of the primary vector in eastern North America, the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis). (cdc.gov)
Three mutations caused the bacterial defective growth only in the tick vector, which represented putative membrane proteins. (bvsalud.org)
Ten mutations causing no growth defect in the canine host similarly grew well in the tick vector. (bvsalud.org)
Mutations in 28 genes/genomic locations causing E. chaffeensis growth attenuation in the canine host were recognized as non-essential for its growth in the tick vector. (bvsalud.org)
Term1
Here, we use the term behavioral trait, but this phenomenon has also been referred to as behavioral phenotypes or animal personality (Table 1 ). (nature.com)
Disease2
Behavioral phenotypic traits or "animal personalities" drive critical evolutionary processes such as fitness, disease and information spread. (nature.com)
Ehrlichia chaffeensis is a tick-transmitted monocytic ehrlichiosis agent primarily causing the disease in people and dogs. (bvsalud.org)