Veterinary Medicine and Science, 2021 Background Ticks in Xinjiang distribute widely and account for one third of China. Ticks can carry and transmit bacteria, virus, and parasite. However, the research of tick‐borne pathogens in Xinjiang is rather little.
Yang Zhang +5 more
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Mating, Sperm Transfer and Oviposition in Soft Ticks (Acari: Argasidae), a Review
Pathogens, 2023 This review addresses the physiology and behavioral events involved in the reproduction of soft ticks (family Argasidae), with special attention to the events of their adult life: mating, sperm transfer and egg-laying.
Julian G. Shepherd
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Hard ticks infesting domestic ruminants, species composition and infection with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in a highland province, SW Iran [PDF]
Journal of Health Sciences and Surveillance System, 2019 Background: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a neglected tick-borne viral zoonotic disease. The aim was to detect CCHF virus (CCHFV) among wild ticks from Artiodactyla, Bos taurus, Ovis aries, and Capra hircus, in a previously declared CCHFV ...
Zahra Hosseini +6 more
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Lice, Mites, and Ticks of Southeastern Wisconsin Mammals [PDF]
, 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
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First report of the ticks Haemaphysalis punctata Canestrini et Fanzago, 1878, Haemaphysalis parva (Neumann, 1897) and Dermacentor marginatus (Sulzer, 1776) (Acari, Amblyommidae) from humans in Lebanon [PDF]
, 2020 Purpose: Knowledge on ticks infesting humans is scarce for the middle East. In this work, tick specimens (Acari: Amblyommidae) infesting humans in Lebanon were identified.
Azar, Dany +2 more
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Exon-intron structure and sequence variation of the calreticulin gene among Rhipicephalus sanguineus group ticks [PDF]
, 2016 Background: Calreticulin proteins (CRTs) are important components of tick saliva, which is involved in the blood meal success, pathogen transmission and host allergic responses.
Dantas-Torres, Filipe +6 more
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First molecular survey of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in hard ticks (Ixodidae) from Southwestern Iran
Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2021 Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a gram-negative obligate intracellular tick-borne rickettsia with veterinary and public health importance worldwide. This organism is an etiologic agent of tick-borne fever (TBF) in domesticated animals and human granulocytic
Hossein Hamidinejat +3 more
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Molecular screening for Anaplasmataceae in ticks and tsetse flies from Ethiopia [PDF]
, 2016 Hard ticks and tsetse flies are regarded as the most important vectors of disease agents in Sub-Saharan Africa. With the aim of screening these blood-sucking arthropods for vector-borne pathogens belonging to the family Anaplasmataceae in South-Western ...
Abichu, Getachew +6 more
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Uptake and fecal excretion of Coxiella burnetii by Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor marginatus ticks [PDF]
, 2020 Background: The bacterium Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q fever and is mainly transmitted via inhalation of infectious aerosols. DNA of C.
Henning, Klaus +7 more
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Hard ticks and tick-borne pathogens in Mongolia—A review
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2019 Ticks and tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) pose a considerable threat to human and animal health in Mongolia; a large and sparsely inhabited country whose economy is largely dependent on animal production. Intensive contact between herdsmen and their livestock, together with the use of pastures without fencing, allows contact between wildlife, domestic ...
Tersia Needham +4 more
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