Monitoring of vector-borne diseases in the west part of Ukraine
During recent years, infectious and invasive animal diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, and protozoa and transmitted by ticks have been a new problem in medical and veterinary practice. Many of these diseases are zoonoses and lead to the disability and
V. A. Levytska, A. B. Mushinsky
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Molecular detection and characterization of tick-borne pathogens in dogs and ticks from Nigeria. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Only limited information is currently available on the prevalence of vector borne and zoonotic pathogens in dogs and ticks in Nigeria. The aim of this study was to use molecular techniques to detect and characterize vector borne pathogens in ...
Joshua Kamani +6 more
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Upscaling the surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in the French Caribbean Islands [PDF]
Despite the high burden of vector-borne disease in (sub)tropical areas, few information are available regarding the diversity of tick and tick-borne pathogens circulating in the Caribbean.
Albina, Emmanuel +9 more
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Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis in ticks and rodents from urban and natural habitats of South-Western Slovakia. [PDF]
Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis (CNM) is an emerging tick-borne pathogen causing severe disease in immunocompromised patients. In Europe, Ixodes ricinus is the primary vector and rodents act as reservoir hosts. New data on the prevalence of CNM in ticks and rodents contribute to the knowledge on the distribution of endemic areas and circulation of ...
Svitálková ZH +8 more
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Borrelia Diversity and Co-infection with Other Tick Borne Pathogens in Ticks [PDF]
Identifying Borrelia burgdorferi as the causative agent of Lyme disease in 1981 was a watershed moment in understanding the major impact that tick-borne zoonoses can have on public health worldwide, particularly in Europe and the USA.
Andrei D. Mihalca +6 more
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Molecular detection of tick‐borne pathogens in bovine blood and ticks from Khentii, Mongolia [PDF]
Recent studies reported the detection of DNA from tick‐borne pathogens (TBPs) of veterinary relevance such as Anaplasma marginale, Babesia bigemina, Babesia bovis and Theileria orientalis in bovine blood samples from Mongolia.
Batsukh, Zayat +7 more
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A novel high-resolution melt PCR assay discriminates Anaplasma phagocytophilum and "Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis". [PDF]
ABSTRACT “ Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis” ( Anaplasmataceae ) is an emerging pathogen transmitted by Ixodes ticks. Conventional PCR and the newly developed high-resolution melt PCR were used to detect and discriminate “ Candidatus
Krücken J +13 more
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Neoehrlichia mikurensis—A New Emerging Tick-Borne Pathogen in North-Eastern Poland? [PDF]
Funding Information: The publication was written as a result of the author’s internship in the Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal, co-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund (Operational ...
Antunes, Sandra +6 more
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Parasites of vectors - and its symbionts in ticks in the Netherlands [PDF]
Background Ixodiphagus hookeri is a parasitic wasp of ixodid ticks around the world. It has been studied as a potential bio-control agent for several tick species. We suspected that the presence of Wolbachia infected I.
Tijsse-Klasen Ellen +3 more
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Diverse tick-borne microorganisms identified in free-living ungulates in Slovakia [PDF]
Background: Free-living ungulates are hosts of ixodid ticks and reservoirs of tick-borne microorganisms in central Europe and many regions around the world.
A Alberti +146 more
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