Estimating the Distribution of Oryzomys palustris, a Potential Key Host in Expanding Rickettsial Tick-borne Disease Risk.

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• Alternative Title:
  Ecosphere (Washington, D.C), 2023, v. 14, no. 3: Estimating the Distribution of Oryzomys palustris, a Potential Key Host in Expanding Rickettsial Tick-borne Disease Risk.
• Journal Article:
  Ecosphere (Washington, D.C)
• Personal Author:
  Lippi, Catherine A. ; Canfield, Samuel ; Espada, Christina ; Gaff, Holly D. ; Ryan, Sadie J.
• Description:
  Increasingly, geographic approaches to assessing the risk of tick-borne diseases are being used to inform public health decision-making and surveillance efforts. The distributions of key tick species of medical importance are often modeled as a function of environmental factors, using niche modeling approaches to capture habitat suitability. However, this is often disconnected from the potential distribution of key host species, which may play an important role in the actual transmission cycle and risk potential in expanding tick-borne disease risk. Using species distribution modeling, we explore the potential geographic range of
  
  , the marsh rice rat, which has been implicated as a potential reservoir host of
  
  , a pathogen transmitted by the Gulf Coast tick (
  
  ) in the southeastern United States. Due to recent taxonomic reclassification of
  
  subspecies, we reclassified geolocated collections records into the newer clade definitions. We modeled the distribution of the two updated clades in the region, establishing for the first time, range maps and distributions of these two clades. The predicted distribution of both clades indicates a largely Gulf and southeastern coastal distribution. Estimated suitable habitat for
  
  extends into the southern portion of the Mid-Atlantic region, with a discontinuous, limited area of suitability in coastal California. Broader distribution predictions suggest potential incursions along the Mississippi River. We found considerable overlap of predicted
  
  ranges with the distribution of
  
  , indicating the potential need for extended surveillance efforts in those overlapping areas and attention to the role of hosts in transmission cycles.
• Content Notes:
  Author manuscript
• Subjects:
  • Animals
  • Rats
  • Rickettsia parkeri
  • Amblyomma
  • Public Health
  • Rivers
  • Wetlands
  • Tick-Borne Diseases
  • Sigmodontinae
• Keywords:
  • Amblyomma maculatum
  • Oryzomys
  • rickettsia
  • species distribution model
  • tick-borne diseases
• Source:
  Ecosphere (Washington, D.C), 2023, v. 14, no. 3
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4445
• ISSN:
  2150-8925
• Pubmed ID:
  39211416
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC11359945
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  R01 AI136035/AI/NIAID NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U01 CK000510/CK/NCEZID CDC HHSUnited States/
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Pages in Document:
  e4445(23 pdf pages)
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  3
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/262137/cdc_262137_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.38 MB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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