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MaxEnt Modeling of Dermacentor marginatus (Acari: Ixodidae) Distribution in Xinjiang, China

Journal of Medical Entomology, 2020
Abstract Dermacentor marginatus Sulkzer is a common tick species found in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China, and is a vector for a variety of pathogens. To determine the potential distribution of this tick species in Xinjiang, a metadata containing 84 D.
null Huercha, Ruiqi Song, Ying Ma, Zhengxiang Hu, Yingke Li, Min Li, Lijiang Wu, Caishan Li, Erjiala Dao, Xinli Fan, Yunwei Hao, Chahan Bayin   +11 more
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Beware of hitchhiking ticks? Clarifying the variable roles of bird species in tick movement along migratory routes

Journal of Avian Biology, Volume 2025, Issue 3, May 2025.
Ticks are blood‐feeding parasites which act as major vectors for various pathogenic microorganisms affecting both animal and human health. Hard ticks are known to move passively (i.e. ‘hitchhike') on migratory birds as they transit between breeding and non‐breeding grounds.
Lars Burnus, Joe Wynn, Miriam Liedvogel, Robert E. Rollins   +3 more
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Ability to cause erythema migrans differs between Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Lyme borreliosis is a tick-borne disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. The variety of characteristic and non-specific clinical manifestations is partially explained by its genetic diversity.
Hengeveld, P. (Paul), Koopmans D.V.M., M.P.G. (Marion), Pandak, N. (Nenad), Sprong, H. (Hein), Takumi, K. (Katsuhisa), Tijsse-Klasen, E. (Ellen)   +5 more
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Rickettsia slovaca from Dermacentor marginatus ticks in Sardinia, Italy

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2012
Nineteen ticks belonging to the species Dermacentor marginatus, Rhipicephalus bursa, and Haemaphysalis sulcata were collected from wild animals (wild boar, deer, and mouflon) in south-western Sardinia, Italy. Five D. marginatus ticks from wild boar were PCR-positive when analyzed using gltA-specific and ompA-specific primers, leading to the ...
Giovanna, Masala, Valentina, Chisu, Giuseppe, Satta, Christina, Socolovschi, Didier, Raoult, Philippe, Parola   +5 more
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Zoonotic Tick‐Borne Pathogens in Ixodes ricinus Complex (Acari: Ixodidae) From Urban and Peri‐Urban Areas of Kosovo

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 72, Issue 2, Page 174-183, March 2025.
ABSTRACT Introduction Ixodes ricinus, the castor bean tick, is the most prevalent tick species in Europe. It favours habitats such as shrubs, deciduous and mixed forests, but can also be found in urban environments. Due to its high vector competence, it is of enormous veterinary as well as medical importance, transmitting tick‐borne encephalitis (TBE ...
Ina Hoxha, Betim Xhekaj, Genc Halimi, Michiel Wijnveld, Margarida Ruivo, Driton Çaushi, Albana Matoshi, Adelheid G. Obwaller, Bernhard Jäger, Martin Weiler, Julia Walochnik, Kurtesh Sherifi, Edwin Kniha   +12 more
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Выявление различных видов риккетсий у иксодовых клещей, в крови людей и мелких млекопитающих на юге Западной Сибири и на Урале

Бюллетень сибирской медицины, 2006
We investigated ticks, human blood samples, specimens of tissue and blood from small mammals using nested PCR. We de- tected high prevalence Rickettsia tarasevichiae and Rickettsia sp.
Ya. P. Igolkina, N. V. Fomenko, N. N. Livanova, V. B. Astanin, L. A. Gosteeva, N. Ya. Chernousova, V. A. Rar   +6 more
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Ixodid tick infections of horses, and seasonal dynamics and infection of pasture ticks with piroplasmids in Gorny Altai

Российский паразитологический журнал, 2023
The purpose of the research is the characterization of species composition and abundance of ixodid ticks that parasitize on horses, seasonal dynamics of ticks inhabiting natural pastures and their piroplasmid infection. Materials and methods. The studies
V. A. Marchenko, V. A. Rar, I. V. Biryukov   +2 more
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Entomological and ecological index for risk of infection causing lyme disease in territory of Vojvodina, Serbia [PDF]

In Europe, of all the vector transmitted diseases, the occurrence of lyme disease is the one most often registered, and the most significant vector Borrelia burgdorferi is the tick Ixodes ricinus.
Jurišić Aleksandar, Lako Branislav, Nićin Slobodan, Obrenović Sonja, Petrović Aleksandra, Potkonjak Aleksandar, Rajković Dragana   +6 more
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Distribution of tick-borne diseases in China [PDF]

, 2013
As an important contributor to vector-borne diseases in China, in recent years, tick-borne diseases have attracted much attention because of their increasing incidence and consequent significant harm to livestock and human health.
Hong-Juan Peng, Jin-Song Zhu, Ren-Hua Na, Shan-Shan Wei, Xian-Bo Wu   +4 more
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Amblyomma cajennense is an intrastadial biological vector of Theileria equi [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: The apicomplexan hemoprotozoan parasite Theileria equi is one of the etiologic agents causing equine piroplasmosis, a disease of equines that is endemic throughout large parts of the world. Before 2009 the United States had been considered to
Glen A Scoles, Massaro W Ueti
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