title: Quantitative evaluation of sampling methods for Ixodes dammini and Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae).
abstract: Three tick-sampling methods (dry ice-baited tick traps, cloth drags, and ambulatory human host) were evaluated to determine which technique yielded the greatest capture of host-seeking stages of Ixodes dammini Spielman, Clifford, Piesman & Corwin and Amblyomma americanum (L.). The most reliable method, catching more stages and significantly more numbers of I. dammini and A. americanum; was dry ice-baited tick traps. There were no significant differences between the drag and human-host methods for any stage of ticks (I. dammini and A. americanum) collected. The numbers of ticks caught during the study were 5,052 by dry ice-baited tick traps, 199 by cloth drags, and 89 by ambulatory human host.
authors.affiliation: U.S. Army Biomedical Research and Development Laboratory, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland 21702.
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Solberg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Neidhardt
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Sardelis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hildebrandt
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Boobar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001096:Arachnid Vectors / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008297:Male; D009758:Nymph / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013987:Ticks / Q000302:isolation & purification*