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Rickettsia parkeri genetic diversity from three different hard tick species (family: Ixodidae) [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Rickettsia parkeri sensu stricto, a causative agent of spotted fever rickettsiosis, is spread via the bite of infected ticks within the Amblyomma maculatum complex group. In the United States of America (USA), Am.
Madeleine Meyer Torelli, Lídia Gual-Gonzalez, Kristy Baus, Melissa S. Nolan   +3 more
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Thou shalt not pass - arachnid venom peptides interacting with biological membranes [PDF]

Frontiers in Arachnid Science
Arachnid venom peptides receive increasing attention from researchers for possible applications as human therapeutics, as bioinsecticides in agriculture or for targeting vectors of human disease.
Yachen Wang, Yachen Wang, Shaodong Guo, Shaodong Guo, Katie F. Jee, Volker Herzig, Volker Herzig   +6 more
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Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis associated with spider bite [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2016
: Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) is an acute febrile rash, usually induced by drugs, which recently has been linked to spider bite. We report a case of a male patient, 48 years old, with an erythematous rash accompanied by fever and ...
Laura de Mattos Milman, Giana Paula Müller, Paulo Ricardo Martins Souza, Aline Barcellos Grill, Deise Louise Bohn Rhoden, Carlos Augusto Mello-da-Silva, Gerson Vettorato   +6 more
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Tick mitochondrial genomes: structural characteristics and phylogenetic implications

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Ticks are obligate blood-sucking arachnid ectoparasites from the order Acarina, and many are notorious as vectors of a wide variety of zoonotic pathogens. However, the systematics of ticks in several genera is still controversial.
Tianhong Wang, Shiqi Zhang, Tingwei Pei, Zhijun Yu, Jingze Liu   +4 more
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Arthropod borne diseases in Italy: from a neglected matter to an emerging health problem

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2010
In medical entomology, "Arthropod Borne Diseases", or "Vector Borne Diseases" (VBD) are intended as a group of human and animal infections caused by different pathogen organisms (protozoa, helminthes, bacteria and viruses) transmitted by the bite of a ...
Roberto Romi
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Lectin microarray analysis of salivary gland glycoproteins from arboviral vector Aedes aegypti and malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases
Background & objectives: Salivary gland proteins but not glycoconjugates have been previously studied in mosquito vectors of human diseases. Glycoconjugates from salivary gland-derived proteins from human-feeding tick vectors can elicit hypersensitivity ...
Ranjan Ramasamy, Xi Chen, Jian Zhang, Kokila Sivabalakrishnan, Sivasingham Arthiyan, Sinnathamby N Surendran   +5 more
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African Swine Fever Virus Strain Georgia 2007/1 in Ornithodoros erraticus Ticks

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2012
Adriana V. Diaz, Christopher L. Netherton, Linda K. Dixon, Anthony J. Wilson   +3 more
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Detection, characterization, and evolutionary inferences regarding a novel virus identified in Amblyomma dissimile Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae) from the Amazon, Pará, Brazil. [PDF]

Arch Virol
da Silva E Silva LH, da Silva SP, de Castro PHG, Maurício KD, da Silva FS, Dias DD, Hernández LHA, da Silva SLS, Reis HCF, Dos Santos LEC, do Nascimento BLS, Brandão RCF, Vieira DBR, Nunes BTD, Cruz ACR, Nunes Neto JP.   +15 more
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<i>Ornithonyssus bacoti</i> (tropical rat mite): a critical review of biology, vector potential, and integrated management. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci
Yin PW, Guo XG.
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Molecular identification of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus in deer ked: Implications for disease transmission. [PDF]

One Health
Casel MAB, Choi JH, Jang H, Jang SG, Gil J, Rollon R, Cheun SY, Choi I, Kim EH, Kim YI, Choi YK.   +10 more
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