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Host-similar fragments in the African swine fever virus genome: distribution, functions, and evolution [PDF]

Veterinary Research
African swine fever virus (ASFV) predominantly infects Argasidae and suids, resulting in high morbidity and mortality in pigs. Despite the crucial role that viral sequences resembling those of the host play in the virus’s survival, there are limited ...
Zhaozhong Zhu, Na Li, Qin Sun, Xizi Long, Tao Wang, Hua-Ji Qiu   +5 more
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First report of the soft tick Ornithodoros mimon (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Alagoas State, Northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
The Brazilian tick fauna currently comprises 77 valid species categorized into two families: Ixodidae (53 species) and Argasidae (24 species). In the state of Alagoas, only six Ixodid ticks have been reported to date, with no previous reports of ticks in
Epitácio Correia de Farias Júnior, Ana Cecília Pires de Azevedo Lopes, Glauber Meneses Barboza Oliveira, Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Jonatas Campos de Almeida   +5 more
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Molecular analysis of Anaplasma ovis, Theileria ovis and Brucella abortus in adult Ornithodoros lahorensis soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) isolated from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Research
Ticks are obligate blood-feeding arthropods that cause significant economic losses in domestic animal husbandry and threaten public health. However, information about soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) and tick-borne pathogens in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Liu Dandan, Wang Jinming, Liu Yutong, Wang Shuiyi, Zhu Huiru, Jiang Bingbing, Li Yongchang, Zhang Yang, Chahan Bayin, Zhang Wei   +9 more
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Checklist of the tick (Acari: Argasidae, Ixodidae) species of Pakistan

Veterinaria Italiana, 2020
In developed and underdeveloped countries, ticks are important vectors transmitting various pathogens that cause diseases of veterinary and public health importance, like babesiosis, theileriosis, Crimean‑Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) and many more ...
Muhammad Ramzan, Unsar Naeem-Ullah, Syed Haroon Masood Bokhari, Shafia Saba, Khalid Ali Khan, Shafqat Saeed   +5 more
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Nuttalliella namaqua Bedford, 1931, a sole extant species of the genus Nuttalliella – a scoping review [PDF]

Frontiers in Parasitology
Nuttalliella namaqua Bedford, 1931 is the sole extant tick species that belongs to the genus and family Nuttalliella and Nuttalliellidae respectively. With the characteristics that are respectively distinctive to hard and soft ticks, it is regarded as ...
Maphuti Betty Ledwaba, Dikeledi Petunia Malatji   +1 more
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Mitochondrial genome and nuclear ribosomal RNA analysis place Alveonasus lahorensis within the Argasinae and suggest that the genus Alveonasus is paraphyletic [PDF]

Parasitology
Two major families exist in ticks, the Argasidae and Ixodidae. The Argasidae comprise 2 sub-families, Argasinae and Ornithodorinae. The placement into subfamilies illuminate differences in morphological and molecular systematics and is important since it
Ben J. Mans, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Ronel Pienaar, Minique de Castro, Mehran Khan, Mashal M. Almutairi, Abdulaziz Alouffi, Abid Ali, Ala Tabor   +8 more
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The complete mitogenome of Argas vulgaris (Filippova, 1961) and its phylogenetic status in subgenus Argas (Acari: Argasidae) [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) are ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates with worldwide distributions. As one representative group of Argasidae, the genus Argas has an important vectorial role in transmitting zoonotic diseases. However, our knowledge
Yi-Fei Wang, Jia-Jing Zheng, Ming-Zhu Zhang, Li-Feng Du, Xiao-Ming Cui, Xiao-Yu Han, Di Tian, Nuo Cheng, Ning Wang, Wan-Ying Gao, Bai-Hui Wang, Xiao-Yu Shi, Jia-Fu Jiang, Na Jia, Yi Sun, Wenqiang Shi, Wu-Chun Cao   +16 more
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Noteworthy records of the ticks Ornithodoros rostratus and Amblyomma sculptum parasitizing Pteronura brasiliensis in the central-western region of Brazil, with pathogen investigation notes [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2023
A male of Pteronura brasiliensis (Carnivora: Mustelidae) was found dead on the banks of the Rio Negro, in the Pantanal wetlands of Mato Grosso do Sul state, Aquidauana municipality.
Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Marcos Rogério André, Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe, Gustavo Seron, Ricardo Bassini-Silva, Ana Claúdia Calchi, Lívia Oliveira Andrade, Patrícia Parreira Perin, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Ana Carolina Castro-Santiago, Caroline Leuchtenberger, Samara Almeida, Nathalie Foerster, Mariana Furtado, Fernando de Castro Jacinavicius   +14 more
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Description of a new Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) (Ixodida: Argasidae) tick species from Pakistan [PDF]

Parasitology
The genus Ornithodoros is notably diverse within the family Argasidae, comprising approximately 134 species distributed among 4 subgenera, 1 of which is the subgenus Pavlovskyella.
Abid Ali, Mehran Khan, Muhammad Numan, Abdulaziz Alouffi, Mashal M. Almutairi, Ronel Pienaar, Minique H. de Castro, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Ben J. Mans, Ala Tabor   +10 more
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Ticks as vectors of Trypanosomatidae with medical or veterinary interest: Insights and implications from a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

Heliyon
Since the 20th century, numerous studies have detected or isolated parasites from the Trypanosomatidae family in various tick species. However, the status of ticks as vectors for medically or veterinary significant Trypanosoma and Leishmania remains ...
Tahar Kernif, Bachir Medrouh, Naouel Eddaikra, Bruno Oury, Philippe Holzmuller, Denis Sereno   +5 more
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