Larisa K. Vredevoe
 
Ph.D, UC Davis, 1998
Centers for Disease Control, Ft. Collins, CO
 
e-mail: larisa@sales-point.com
 
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.
 
Publications:
 
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
 
Commonly Encountered Ticks in California
 
   
 A horse with equine ehrlichiosis. Horse blood cells: arrow points to Ehrlichia equi inclusion body inside a neutrophil.
Larval and nymphal western black legged ticks, Ixodes pacificus, the vector of E. equi to horses.