RESEARCH
Some Previous Work:
Ticks and Tick- Borne Diseases of Rhode Island:
Assessment of Ticks and other Epizootiologic Considerations.Seasonal Activity of Ixodes dammini in
Relationship to Lyme Disease- Infected White -Footed Mice, Peromyscus
leucopus ( Zuhair Amr, Ph.D. Dissertation).Identification of the Wasp Parasitoid of the
Deer Tick, Ixodes dammini, in Rhode Island and the Implication
in the Control of Lyme Disease ( Renjie Hu, MS thesis).A Comparison of the Relationship Between Immature
Ixodes dammini (Acari: Ixodidae) and Small Mammals on Two Islands
in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island (Daniel Markowski, MS thesis).Distribution of Ixodes dammini(Acari:
Ixodidae) in Residential Lawns on Prudence Island, Rhode Island (Mary
Carroll et al).Epidemiological and Etiological Evidence for
Transmission of Lyme Disease by Adult Ixodes persulcatus in an
Endemic Area in China (Ai, Hu, Hyland. et al).
Ongoing Research Projects:
Reservoir Competence of Meadow Voles (Microtus
pennsylvanicus) and Red-Backed Voles (Clethrionomys gapperi).Babesiosis in Rhode Island.Small Rodent Population Survey on Conanicut
Island (Jamestown).Assessment of the Impact following Invasion
of Rhode Island by the Lone Star Tick (Amblyomma americanum).Tick Taxonomy: Geographic Distribution, Seasonal
Abundance and Host Preferences.Fine-Tuning of Laboratory Tick Rearing Techniques
Especially for Deer Tick and the Lone Star Tick.Evaluation of the Epidemiological Risk Factors
Associated with Tick- Bite Victims.Genetic and Molecular Characterization of Tick
Populations.
Envisioned (Proposed) Research Activities:
Tick Abundance on Selected Islands in Narragansett
Bay.Upper Limits of Parasitemia of White-Footed
Mice to Ticks Before Resistence is Elicited.Evaluation of the Pesticide, Ivermectin, for
the Control of Ticks on Mice and Deer.TRL, © Copyright 2000.
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