- Larisa K. Vredevoe
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- Ph.D, UC Davis, 1998
- Centers for Disease Control, Ft. Collins, CO
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- e-mail: larisa@sales-point.com
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- Research Interests: Medical and veterinary entomology; zoonotic
disease; biology of tick-pathogen interactions; ecological dynamics of
ticks and their associated pathogens
Dissertation Research: Biology and Epidemiology of a Tick-Pathogen
Relationship: Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae) and Ehrlichia equi (Rickettsiales:
Ehrlichiae) in Northern California.
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- Publications:
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- Vredevoe LK, Richter PJ, and Kimsey RB. 1997. Temporal Drop-off Pattern
of Juvenile Ixodes pacificus (Acari: Ixodidae). Canadian Journal
of Zoology. 75(4): 613-617.
Barlough, JE, Madigan, JE, Kramer, VL, Clover, VR, Hui, LT, Webb, JP,
and Vredevoe, LK. 1997. Ehrlichia phagocytophila Genogroup Rickettsiae
in Ixodid Ticks from California Collected in 1995 and 1996. Journal of Clinical
Microbiology. 35(8): 2018-2021.
- Background Information on the Biology of Ticks
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- Commonly Encountered Ticks in California
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A horse with equine ehrlichiosis. Horse blood cells: arrow points
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- Larval and nymphal western black legged ticks, Ixodes pacificus,
the vector of E. equi to horses.
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