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Birds and Borrelia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2002
After several years of controversy, the contribution of birds in the ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (sl) has become more and more obvious on the three continents where the pathogens are distributed. Evidence of the reservoir competence of particular bird species has been obtained using tick xenodiagnosis. B.
openaire   +2 more sources

Arthritis Is Developed in Borrelia-Primed And -Infected Mice Deficient of Interleukin-17 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Interleukin-17 (IL-17) has been shown to participate in the development of Lyme arthritis in experimental mice. For example, neutralization of IL-17 with antibodies inhibits induction of arthritis in Borrelia-primed and -infected C57BL/6 wild-type mice ...
Kuo, Joseph   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Recognition of Transfusion With Microcytic Packed Red Blood Cells on ADVIA 2120i RBC V/HC Cytograms: A Case Report

open access: yesVeterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A 3‐year‐old, intact female Havanese dog was presented for treatment of a relapse of suspected immune‐mediated anemia and thrombocytopenia. Over the course of treatment, the patient's anemia appeared to acutely transition from macrocytic and hypochromic to microcytic and hypochromic between days five and six of hospitalization.
Hannah R. Cohen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diversity Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in natural foci of Novosibirsk region

open access: yesБюллетень сибирской медицины, 2006
PCR assays were used to test sample from Ixodes persulcatus, blood and tissues of small mammals, human blood after tick bi- tes, as well as isolates from adult ticks. It was demonstrated the presence of two Borrelia species: B. garinii and B.
N. V. Fomenko   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

New Michigan Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) and Flea (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) Records From Colonial Nesting Birds [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Banding and censusing large numbers of gull chicks over a 30-year period on Great Lakes islands has produced a collection of five individual ticks from two Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) chicks.
Scharf, William C
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Disintegrin‐Like and Metalloprotease With Thrombospondin Type 1 Repeat Motifs 13 (ADAMTS13) Activity in 40 Healthy Dogs

open access: yesVeterinary Clinical Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background In humans, deficiency of a disintegrin‐like and metalloprotease with thrombospondin type 1 motifs, number 13 (ADAMTS13), a von Willebrand factor (vWF) cleaving protease, is an underlying mechanism for thrombosis. The role of ADAMTS13 in canine thromboembolic disease is largely unknown.
Ashley R. Wilkinson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Management Of Neuroretinitis In A Case of Lyme Disease

open access: yesDelhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017
Neuroretinitis in Lyme disease is a rare entity, which is caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. Diagnosis of the disease is based on clinical history, symptoms and serological testing.
Sanjeev K Nainiwal   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Structural characterisation of outer membrane proteins from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by small-angle X-ray scattering [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Forming the interface between the bacterial cell and the host, the outer membrane of Borrelia is known to play a key role in pathogenicity. Although Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato are considered to be Gram-negative, their outer membrane is unique ...
Stejskal, Lenka
core   +1 more source

Risk of Ixodes ricinus Bites in a Population of Forestry Workers in an Endemic Region in France

open access: yesPathogens
The progressing worldwide increases in tick occurrence and tick-borne diseases calls for the development of new prevention strategies to reduce their impact on human and animal health.
Antoine Grillon   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Education on Tickborne Diseases and Prevention Strategies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Research suggests that around 300,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year and that around one billion dollars is spent on healthcare for Lyme disease alone.
Bernard, Christopher
core   +1 more source

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