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Lance A. Durden is affiliated with Georgia Southern University in the United States and focuses their research on parasitology, infectious diseases, and ecology. Their work primarily addresses vector-borne infectious diseases, animal ecology, and behavior studies, with a particular emphasis on mites and tick species.

The scientist's research spans multiple fields including immunology and microbiology as well as agricultural and biological sciences. Key subfields of study in their oeuvre include parasitology, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, infectious diseases, ecology, and genetics. The main topics they have explored feature vector-borne infectious diseases, viral infections and vectors, Yersinia bacterium and plague research involving ectoparasites, studies on mite species, animal ecology and behavior studies, plant and animal studies, and bird parasitology and diseases.

Durden has contributed to numerous publications over the years with a concentration in several key scientific journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Parasitology
  • Journal of Medical Entomology
  • Zootaxa
  • Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Nuclear (18S-28S rRNA) and mitochondrial genome markers of Carios (Carios) vespertilionis (Argasidae) support Carios Latreille, 1796 as a lineage embedded in the Ornithodorinae: re-classification of the Carios sensu Klompen and Oliver (1993) clade into its respective subgenera," 2021, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • "Rickettsia felis and Other Rickettsia Species in Chigger Mites Collected from Wild Rodents in North Carolina, USA," 2022, Microorganisms
  • "Rickettsia hoogstraalii and a Rickettsiella from the Bat Tick Argas transgariepinus, in Namibia," 2020, Journal of Parasitology
  • "Establishing a baseline for tick surveillance in Alaska: Tick collection records from 1909-2019," 2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • "Description of two new species in the Ixodes ricinus complex from the New World (Acari: Ixodidae), and redescription of Ixodes affinis Neumann, 1899," 2023, Zootaxa

Throughout their career, Durden has collaborated frequently with several other researchers, including:

  • Stephen E. Greiman
  • Renfu Shao
  • Lorenza Béati
  • Wei Wang
  • Chris T. McAllister

Best Publications

  • Illustrated key to nymphs of the tick genus Amblyomma (Acari: Ixodidae) found in the United States.

    James E. Keirans;Lance A. Durden

  • Ixodes (Ixodes) scapularis (Acari:Ixodidae): redescription of all active stages, distribution, hosts, geographical variation, and medical and veterinary importance.

    J. E. Keirans;H. J. Hutcheson;H. J. Hutcheson;L. A. Durden;J. S. H. Klompen

  • The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world: a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographic distributions

    Lance A. Durden;Guy G. Musser

  • A state-by-state survey of ticks recorded from humans in the United States.

    Heather A. Merten;Lance A. Durden

  • Birds disperse ixodid (Acari: Ixodidae) and Borrelia burgdorferi-infected ticks in Canada

    John D. Scott;Keerthi Fernando;Satyendra N. Banerjee;Lance A. Durden

  • Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius, 1787) (Acari: Ixodidae), the Cayenne tick: phylogeography and evidence for allopatric speciation

    Lorenza Beati;Santiago Nava;Erica J Burkman;Erica J Burkman;Darci M Barros-Battesti

  • Host Associations and Seasonal Activity of Amblyomma americanum (Acari: Ixodidae) in Missouri

    Thomas M. Kollars;Thomas M. Kollars;James H. Oliver;Lance A. Durden;Peggy G. Kollars

  • Ticks parasitizing humans in Georgia and South Carolina

    Michael W. Felz;Lance A. Durden;James H. Oliver

  • Molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that the Ixodes ricinus complex is a paraphyletic group.

    Guang Xu;Quentin Q. Fang;James E. Keirans;Lance A. Durden

  • An enzootic transmission cycle of Lyme borreliosis spirochetes in the southeastern United States

    J. H. Oliver;Tao Lin;L. Gao;K. L. Clark

  • Migratory songbirds disperse ticks across Canada, and first isolation of the Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, from the avian tick, Ixodes auritulus.

    Muhammad G. Morshed;John D. Scott;Keerthi Fernando;Lorenza Beati

  • Gulf Coast ticks (Amblyomma maculatum) and Rickettsia parkeri, United States.

    John W. Sumner;Lance A. Durden;Jerome Goddard;Ellen Y. Stromdahl

  • Widespread Dispersal of Borrelia burgdorferi–Infected Ticks Collected from Songbirds Across Canada

    John D. Scott;John F. Anderson;Lance A. Durden

  • Evolutionary history of mammalian sucking lice (Phthiraptera: Anoplura).

    Jessica E Light;Jessica E Light;Vincent S Smith;Julie M Allen;Julie M Allen;Lance A Durden

  • Invasion: Exotic Ticks (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) Imported into the United States. A Review and New Records

    James E. Keirans;Lance A. Durden

  • The arthropod, but not the vertebrate host or its environment, dictates bacterial community composition of fleas and ticks

    Hadas Hawlena;Evelyn Rynkiewicz;Evelyn Toh;Andrew Alfred

  • Detection of Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, including three novel genotypes in ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) collected from songbirds (Passeriformes) across Canada

    John D. Scott;Min-Kuang Lee;Keerthi Fernando;Lance A. Durden

  • The mammalian hosts of the sucking lice (Anoplura) of the world: a host-parasite list.

    Lance A. Durden;Guy G. Musser

  • Distribution, Seasonality, and Hosts of the Rocky Mountain Wood Tick in the United States

    Angela M. James;Jerome E. Freier;James E. Keirans;Lance A. Durden

  • WOLBACHIA ENDOSYMBIONTS IN FLEAS (SIPHONAPTERA)

    Christopher H. Gorham;Q. Q. Fang;Lance A. Durden

  • The Biology and Taxonomy of Head and Body Lice—Implications for Louse-Borne Disease Prevention

    Denise L. Bonilla;Lance A. Durden;Marina E. Eremeeva;Gregory A. Dasch

  • Ectoparasites and classification

    C. E. Hopla;Lance A. Durden;James E. Keirans

  • The sucking lice (Insecta, Anoplura) of the world : a taxonomic checklist with records of mammalian hosts and geographical distributions. Bulletin of the AMNH ; no. 218

    Lance A. Durden;Guy G. Musser

Frequent Co-Authors

James E. Keirans
James E. Keirans Georgia Southern University
James H. Oliver
James H. Oliver Georgia Southern University
Gregory A. Dasch
Gregory A. Dasch Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Janet E Foley
Janet E Foley University of California, Davis
John F. Anderson
John F. Anderson Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Santiago Nava
Santiago Nava National Institute of Agricultural Technology
Ute Radespiel
Ute Radespiel University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Marcelo B. Labruna
Marcelo B. Labruna Universidade de São Paulo
Sonja Matthee
Sonja Matthee Stellenbosch University
Robert M. Timm
Robert M. Timm University of Kansas

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