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Checklist of hosts, illustrated geographical range, and ecology of tick species from the genus Ixodes (Acari, Ixodidae) in Russia and other post-Soviet countries [PDF]

ZooKeys
Hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) are the economically and ecologically most important blood-sucking arthropod vectors that can transmit disease agents under temperate climate.
Denis Fedorov, Sándor Hornok
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Parallelisms and Contrasts in the Diverse Ecologies of the Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi Complexes of Bacteria in the Far Western United States. [PDF]

, 2016
Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Borrelia burgdorferi are two tick-borne bacteria that cause disease in people and animals. For each of these bacteria, there is a complex of closely related genospecies and/or strains that are genetically distinct and have ...
Foley, Janet, Stephenson, Nicole
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Uptake and fecal excretion of Coxiella burnetii by Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor marginatus ticks [PDF]

, 2020
Background: The bacterium Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q fever and is mainly transmitted via inhalation of infectious aerosols. DNA of C.
Henning, Klaus, Körner, Sophia, Makert, Gustavo R., Mertens‑Scholz, Katja, Nijhof, Ard M., Pfeffer, Martin, Starke, Alexander, Ulbert, Sebastian   +7 more
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Acute febrile illness is associated with Rickettsia spp infection in dogs [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND: Rickettsia conorii is transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks and causes Mediterranean Spotted Fever (MSF) in humans. Although dogs are considered the natural host of the vector, the clinical and epidemiological significance of R ...
A Cascio, A Estrada-Pena, A Mannelli, A Mura, A Ortuno, A Rojas, A Torina, A Torina, A Torina, A Znazen, Alessandra Caprì, AM Gasser, BA Stillman, C Colomba, C Riera, C Rovery, CP Ober, D Otranto, D Otranto, D Otranto, E Beeler, E Sanger, EB Breitschwerdt, F Segura-Porta, FJ Marquez, G Baneth, G Baneth, G Baneth, G Vitale, GB Andrade, GM Giammanco, GM Giammanco, H Inokuma, J Fuente de la, JC Garcia-Garcia, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, L Solano-Gallego, Laia Solano-Gallego, M Bernabeu-Wittel, M Rene-Martellet, M Sarih, Marco Caldin, Maria Grazia Pennisi, ME Eremeeva, ME Mylonakis, Michele Trotta, ML Levin, ML Levin, N Alexandre, N Cardenosa, NY Salem, P Brouqui, P Brouqui, P Parola, P Parola, PJ Kelly, S Delgado, S Harrus, S Harrus, S Santibanez, SE Little, T Beninati, T Furlanello, Tommaso Furlanello, WL Nicholson   +69 more
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Still in Focus: Assessment of Blood-Borne Pathogens [PDF]

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy, 2009
The German Advisory Committee Blood (Arbeitskreis Blut) was installed by the German Federal Ministry of Health 15 years ago, under the impression of an epidemic of virus transmissions through blood products. The task of this committee, which is based at the Robert Koch-Institut in Berlin, is to provide reliable scientific advice to the government ...
Seitz, Rainer, Heiden, Margarethe, Offergeld, Ruth, Burger, Reinhard   +3 more
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Novel hemotropic mycoplasmas are widespread and genetically diverse in vampire bats [PDF]

, 2017
Bats (Order: Chiroptera) have been widely studied as reservoir hosts for viruses of concern for human and animal health. However, whether bats are equally competent hosts of non-viral pathogens such as bacteria remains an important open question. Here,
Altizer, S.M., Becker, D.J., Bergner, L.M., Camus, M.S., Chizhikov, V.E., Orton, R.J., Streicker, D.G., Volokhov, D.V.   +7 more
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Molecular epidemiological study of Trichomonas gallinae focusing on central and southeastern Europe

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022
Trichomonas gallinae is a geographically widespread protozoan parasite of birds. In this study, oropharyngeal swab samples were collected in Hungary and Romania from 99 columbiform birds, including 76 feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica: 42 kept for ...
Barbara Tuska-Szalay, Gábor Sipos, Nóra Takács, Nóra Takács, Jenő Kontschán, Attila D. Sándor, Attila D. Sándor, Attila D. Sándor, Áron Péter, Krisztián Berta, Ádám Kerek, Ákos Jerzsele, Jan Votýpka, Jan Votýpka, Sándor Hornok, Sándor Hornok   +15 more
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Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ticks and Blood Samples Collected from Camels in Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia [PDF]

, 2018
Background and Objective: Domestic animals, including camels, in Saudi Arabia suffer from various diseases, among which tick-borne infections are important because they reduce the productivity of these animals.
Abdel-Shafy, S, Abdullah, S, ALanazi, AD, ALHarbi, SA, Helps, C, Puschendorf, R, Shaapan, RM, Wall, R   +7 more
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Human infections associated with wild birds. [PDF]

, 2008
IntroductionWild birds and especially migratory species can become long-distance vectors for a wide range of microorganisms. The objective of the current paper is to summarize available literature on pathogens causing human disease that have been ...
Bauchinger, Ulf, Falagas, Matthew E, Kelesidis, Iosif, Kelesidis, Theodoros, Tsiodras, Sotirios   +4 more
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High variability of HIV and HCV seroprevalence and risk behaviours among people who inject drugs: results from a cross-sectional study using respondent-driven sampling in eight German cities (2011–14)

BMC Public Health, 2016
Background People who inject drugs (PWID) are at increased risk of acquiring and transmitting HIV and Hepatitis C (HCV) due to sharing injection paraphernalia and unprotected sex. To generate seroprevalence data on HIV and HCV among PWID and related data
Benjamin Wenz, Stine Nielsen, Martyna Gassowski, Claudia Santos-Hövener, Wei Cai, R. Stefan Ross, Claus-Thomas Bock, Boris-Alexander Ratsch, Claudia Kücherer, Norbert Bannert, Viviane Bremer, Osamah Hamouda, Ulrich Marcus, Ruth Zimmermann, the DRUCK Study group   +14 more
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