Publications by authors named "Jasmine R Hensley"
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- Two aggressive tick species prevalent in Georgia are the Gulf Coast tick and the Lone Star tick, harboring various bacteria and endosymbionts.
- A study conducted in 2014 collected unengorged ticks from a specific site to assess the prevalence of these tick-associated bacteria and to investigate if exchange between the two tick species was common.
- The results showed limited evidence of bacterial exchange between the two species, despite high levels of the respective agents within each tick type, indicating that cross-transmission in a natural setting may be infrequent.
The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) is the most common and abundant human-biting tick in the southeastern United States where spotted fever rickettsioses frequently occur. However, the role of this tick in transmitting and maintaining pathogenic and non-pathogenic spotted fever group rickettsiae (SFGR) remains poorly defined. This is partially due to the high prevalence and abundance of Rickettsia amblyommatis in most populations of A.
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