Browsing by Author "Esser, Helen J."
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Host specificity in a diverse Neotropical tick community: an assessment using quantitative network analysis and host phylogeny
Esser, Helen J.; Herre, Edward Allen; Blüthgen, Nico; Loaiza, Jose R.; Bermúdez, Sergio E.; Jansen, Patrick A. (2016-06-29)Background: Host specificity is a fundamental determinant of tick population and pathogen transmission dynamics, and therefore has important implications for human health. Tick host specificity is expected to be particularly ... -
Molecular Ecological Insights into Neotropical Bird–Tick Interactions
Miller1, Matthew J.; Loaiza, Jose R.; Herre, Edward Allen; Aguilar, Celestino; Quintero, Diomedes; Alvarez, Eric; Bermingham, Eldredge; Esser, Helen J. (2016-05-20)In the tropics, ticks parasitize many classes of vertebrate hosts. However, because many tropical tick species are only identifiable in the adult stage, and these adults usually parasitize mammals, most attention on the ... -
Proteomic fingerprint identification of Neotropical hard tick species (Acari: Ixodidae) using a self-curated mass spectra reference library
Gittens, Rolando A.; Almanza, Alejandro; Álvarez, Eric; Bennett, Kelly L.; Mejía, Luis C.; Sanchez-Galan, Javier E.; Merchan, Fernando; Kern, Jonathan; Miller, Matthew J.; Esser, Helen J.; Hwang, Robert; Dong, May; De León, Luis F.; Loaiza, Jose R. (2020-04-14)Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) time-of-flight mass spectrometry is an analytical method that detects macromolecules that can be used as biomarkers for taxonomic identification in arthropods. The ...