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Ornithodoros turicata
Summary
| Resource Type | Organism |
|---|---|
| Genus | Ornithodoros |
| Species | turicata |
| Common Name | Relapsing fever tick |
| Description | Ornithodoros turicata, commonly referred to as the relapsing fever tick, is a soft tick found in the midwestern and southwestern United States. It is a known vector of Borrelia turicatae, a spirochete responsible for tick-borne relapsing fever in humans. Additionally, vector competence for the transmission of Leptospira pomona, the agent of canine jaundice, has been demonstrated in a laboratory setting. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornithodoros_turicata This genome project is part of the Ag100Pest project (http://i5k.github.io/ag100pest). |
| Publication | Childers AK, Geib SM, Sim SB, Poelchau MF, Coates BS, Simmonds TJ, Scully ED, Smith TPL, Childers CP, Corpuz RL, Hackett K, Scheffler B. The USDA-ARS Ag100Pest Initiative: High-Quality Genome Assemblies for Agricultural Pest Arthropod Research.. Insects. 2021 Jul 09; 12(7). |
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| Image Credit | Ornithodoros turicata Travis colony, female, dorsal, 25x by Alexander Kneubhel licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license |