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Amblyomma americanum, also known as the lone star tick, the northeastern water tick, or the turkey tick, is a type of tick indigenous to much of the eastern United States and Mexico, that bites painlessly and commonly goes unnoticed, remaining attached to its host for as long as seven days until it is fully engorged with blood.
Amblyomma americanum Amblyomma cajennense Amblyomma maculatum Amblyomma marmoreum C. L. Koch drawn by Oudemans Amblyomma scalpturatum. Amblyomma is a genus of hard ticks.Some are disease vectors, for example the Rocky Mountain spotted fever in United States or ehrlichiosis in Brazil.
Amblyomma americanum, a vector for the allergy Alpha-gal allergies develop after a person has been bitten by the lone star tick in the United States , the European castor bean tick , the paralysis tick or Ixodes ( Endopalpiger ) australiensis in Australia , [ 6 ] [ 11 ] Haemaphysalis longicornis in Japan, [ 17 ] or a currently unknown tick in ...
Amblyomma species are widespread on domestic animals throughout tropical and subtropical regions. Typical Amblyomma species are: Amblyomma americanum , the lone star tick of the Southern and Eastern USA; Am. cajennense , the Cayenne tick of South America and Southern USA; Amblyomma variegatum , the bont tick of Africa and the Caribbean (see ...
Lone star bandavirus is a highly divergent bunyavirus, which is carried and transmitted by the lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum.This is the same vector that transmits the SFTS virus, and the newly discovered Bhanja and Heartland viruses.
It is a zoonotic pathogen transmitted to humans by the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). [3] It is the causative agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis. [4] Human monocytic ehrlichiosis caused by E. chaffeensis is known to spread through tick infection primarily in the Southern, South-central and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. [5]
This illness is a tick-borne disease carried by the lone star tick Amblyomma americanum.This tick was first proposed as a possible vector of disease in 1984, [2] and the illnesses associated with the tick called "Lyme-like disease", [3] but it was not recognized to be distinct from Lyme disease until the late 1990s.
Birds and reptiles secrete uric acid, a metabolite that can be considered a kairomone. This compound can be used by the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) to locate its hosts. Instead of being attracted to the source, the tick's response is arrestment, ensuring it remains in areas where hosts are likely to pass.