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A rare cause of peripheral facial paralysis in childhood in our country: lyme disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Lyme disease is a zoonosis caused by Spirochetes called Borrelia burgdorferi, involving several areas, such as the skin, heart and central nervous system.
Gürses, Dolunay, Özdemir, Emine
core   +2 more sources

Comparative efficacy and studies of mode of action of minerals from diatoms against three species of filth flies

open access: yesMedical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.
Mortality for diatomaceous earth was observed as early as 2 h after exposure with 50% and 90% mortality at 3.5 and 4.6 h (LT50 and LT90, respectively) for Musca domestica. The LT50 and LT90 increased when the size of the fly species increased (M. domestica to Cochliomyia macellaria to Sarcophaga bullata) and increased for all three from 50 to 70 ...
Grayson L. Cave   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Public health significance of the white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and its role in the eco-epidemiology of tick- and mosquito-borne diseases in North America

open access: yesParasites & Vectors
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) are a ubiquitous species in North America. Their high reproductive potential leads to rapid population growth, and they exhibit a wide range of biological adaptations that influence their interactions with ...
Ilia Rochlin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ehrlichia chaffeensis Antibodies in White-Tailed Deer, Iowa, 1994 and 1996

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2000
Surveillance of 2,277 white-tailed deer for antibodies against Ehrlichia chaffeensis in Iowa showed seropositivity rates of 12.5% in 1994 and 13.9% in 1996. From 1994 to 1996, the estimated number of seropositive deer increased to 54,701 (28%).
Linda Mueller-Anneling   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lice, Mites, and Ticks of Southeastern Wisconsin Mammals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Seventeen species of southeastern Wisconsin mammals were found to 6e infected with arthropod ectoparasites other than fleas. One host species was infested with one species of biting lice (Mallophaga), five with five species of sucking lice (Anoplura ...
Amin, Omar M
core   +3 more sources

Tick sweep: modification of the tick drag-flag method for sampling nymphs of the deer tick (Acari: Ixodidae).

open access: yesJournal of Medical Entomology, 1992
We describe a version of the standard tick drag-flag modified for use in close-growing and tangled vegetation, as well as under ornamental shrubbery and fallen branches. Two major features of the sweep are: (1) it allows the user to remain upright with the flag parallel to the ground, thus sampling effectively beneath low and fallen branches and around
J. Carroll, E. Schmidtmann
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Bothy busi/yness: Recirculating representation and practice in the Scottish landscape

open access: yesTransactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper uses the ‘busi/yness’ of Scottish mountain bothies to explore the agency of representation and its entanglement with practice. In doing so it asks, firstly, what are the material and discursive impacts of a rise in the symbolic value of an object (or in this case a building)?
Rachel Hunt
wiley   +1 more source

Tick- and fly-borne bacteria in ungulates: the prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, haemoplasmas and rickettsiae in water buffalo and deer species in Central Europe, Hungary

open access: yesBMC Veterinary Research, 2018
BackgroundHunting constitutes an important industry in Europe. However, data on the prevalence of vector-borne bacteria in large game animal species are lacking from several countries.
S. Hornok   +12 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Evidence of the importance of host habitat use in predicting the dilution effect of wild boar for deer exposure to Anaplasma spp. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2008
Foci of tick-borne pathogens occur at fine spatial scales, and depend upon a complex arrangement of factors involving climate, host abundance and landscape composition.
Agustín Estrada-Peña   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The enigmatic case of Lipoptena sp. in the Bosco della Mesola Nature Reserve (Italy)

open access: yesMedical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 40, Issue 1, Page 82-90, March 2026.
This is the first report of Lipoptena andaluciensis in Italy, confirmed morphologically and genetically. The presence of L. andaluciensis in Italy dates back many years; it was found on cervids in lowland habitats. A re‐examination of the previous report of the Italian L. fortisetosa is needed.
Federica Usai   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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