Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection in the reservoir host (white-tailed deer) and in an incidental host (dog) is impacted by its prior growth in macrophage and tick cell environments. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Ehrlichia chaffeensis, transmitted from Amblyomma americanum ticks, causes human monocytic ehrlichiosis. It also infects white-tailed deer, dogs and several other vertebrates. Deer are its reservoir hosts, while humans and dogs are incidental hosts.
Arathy D S Nair +5 more
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Tick burden on European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) [PDF]
Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2010 In our study we assessed the tick burden on roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) in relation to age, physical condition, sex, deer density and season. The main objective was to find predictive parameters for tick burden. In September 2007, May, July, and September 2008, and in May and July 2009 we collected ticks on 142 culled roe deer from nine forest ...
Vor, Torsten +4 more
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Correlation of TBE incidence with red deer and roe deer abundance in Slovenia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a virus infection which sometimes causes human disease. The TBE virus is found in ticks and certain vertebrate tick hosts in restricted endemic localities termed TBE foci. The formation of natural foci is a combination of
Nataša Knap, Tatjana Avšič-Županc
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Detection of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Red Deer (Cervus elaphus), United Kingdom [PDF]
Pathogens, 2021 Deer represent a major vertebrate host for all feeding stages of the hard tick Ixodes ricinus in the United Kingdom (UK), and could play a role in the persistence of tick-borne pathogens.
Nicholas Johnson +2 more
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Diagnosis of Acute Deer Tick Virus Encephalitis [PDF]
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2012 Deer tick virus (DTV) is a tick-borne flavivirus that has only recently been appreciated as a cause of viral encephalitis. We describe the clinical presentation of a patient who had DTV encephalitis diagnosed before death and survived for 8 months despite severe neurologic dysfunction.Diagnosis was made from a cerebrospinal fluid specimen, using a ...
Marc Y, El Khoury +11 more
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Experimental evidence for opposing effects of high deer density on tick-borne pathogen prevalence and hazard [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background Identifying the mechanisms driving disease risk is challenging for multi-host pathogens, such as Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.), the tick-borne bacteria causing Lyme disease.
Sara Gandy +4 more
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Sex-biased differences in the effects of host individual, host population and environmental traits driving tick parasitism in red deer [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2013 The interactions between host individual, host population, and environmental factors modulate parasite abundance in a given host population. Since adult exophilic ticks are highly aggregated in red deer (Cervus elaphus) and this ungulate exhibits ...
Francisco eRuiz-Fons +6 more
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Deer presence rather than abundance determines the population density of the sheep tick, Ixodes ricinus, in Dutch forests [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2017 Background Understanding which factors drive population densities of disease vectors is an important step in assessing disease risk. We tested the hypothesis that the density of ticks from the Ixodes ricinus complex, which are important vectors for tick ...
Tim R. Hofmeester +4 more
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Potential Tick Defense Associated with Skin and Hair Characteristics in Korean Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis argyropus) [PDF]
AnimalsThe Korean water deer (WD), a predominant wildlife species in South Korea, is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN Red List. Despite belonging to the same family, Cervidae, WD show significantly fewer adult ixodid tick infestations compared to roe deer (RD).
Sang-Joon Lee +6 more
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Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Antibodies in Roe Deer, the Netherlands [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019 To increase knowledge of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) circulation in the Netherlands, we conducted serosurveillance in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) during 2017 and compared results with those obtained during 2010. Results corroborate a more widespread occurrence of the virus in 2017.
Rijks, JM +8 more
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