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Laboratory artificial infection of hard ticks: a tool for the analysis of tick-borne pathogen transmission [PDF]

Acarologia, 2012
Despite its importance, our knowledge of pathogen transmission by ticks is incomplete. Detailed studies on the transmission, maintenance, infectivity, virulence, and pathogenicity of tick-borne microparasites all require the use of large numbers of live ticks raised under controlled conditions and difficulties in rearing ticks in the laboratory could ...
Bonnet, Sarah and Liu, Xavier
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Isolation and characterization of pathogenic bacteria from Rhipicephalus spp. adult female hard tick [PDF]

Mirror of Research in Veterinary Sciences and Animals, 2016
Ticks are blood-sucking arthropods established in basically all global regions of the world. Around the world, there are about 900 species of ticks. Ixodid or hard ticks are University, Baghdad, Iraq; 3 Department of Biology, Science College, Baghdad ...
Ezdihar Mohammed Mahal Al-Rubaie , Haider Mohammed Ali Al-Rubaie , Batool Kathem Habib. Al- Qadi   +2 more
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Spatial Distribution of Ticks (Arachniada: Argasidae and Ixodidae) and Their Infection Rate to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever Virus in Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2021
Background: The Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) is one of the most important arthropod-borne viral dis­eases with a mortality rate of about 30% among humans.
Ahmad Ali Hanafi-Bojd, Samin Jafari, Zakkyeh Telmadarraiy, Abbas Abbasi-Ghahramanloo, Eslam Moradi-Asl   +4 more
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Prevalence and Species Identification of Ixodid Ticks of Small Ruminants in Benadir Region, Somalia

Veterinary Medicine International, 2022
Ixodid ticks are one of the major health constraints on small ruminant productivity and contribute to significant economic losses in Somalia. An across-sectional study was conducted from November 2019 through December 2020 to identify hard tick species ...
Yasin Hussein Sh Hassan, Kassim Abdullahi Jimale, Sadia Said Dirie, Omar Mohamud Salah, Osman Hassan Afrah, Moktar Omar Sheikh Mohamed, Abdirahman Bare Dubad   +6 more
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DISTRIBUTION OF TICKS AND THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH BORRELIA IN SEMNAN PROVINCE

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 1999
A faunistic study was carried out to estimate the frequency and distribution of different species of ticks and their association with intermittent relapsing fever, in 1995. In this study, during a course of 18 months, 78 villages were examined in 4 towns
H.Nekoui, M. Assmar, A. Amirkhani, N.Pyazak   +3 more
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Study of the Prevalence of Hard Ticks on Sheep in Mosul City, Iraq

مجلة الانبار للعلوم البيطرية
Background: Ticks are important arthropods that infect small ruminants and are a source of concern, especially in areas that depend economically on animal products.
Al-Lahaibi, Baydaa Younis, Suleiman, Eman Ghanim   +1 more
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Current distribution and disease association of Ixodidae (hard ticks) in Nigeria

Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology, 2022
Background This review documents the hard tick species that have been reported in Nigeria, their distribution, pathogens transmitted and disease they cause in Nigeria; the literature review considered studies that were conducted between 2000 and 2021 ...
Stephen Kyari, Matthew Ogwiji, Olanrewaju Eyitayo Igah, Ochuko Orakpogheno, Khadijat Abidemi Gasaliyu   +4 more
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Spotted fever group rickettsiae in hard ticks in eastern and southern Kazakhstan

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023
Infections with spotted fever group rickettsiae represent a worldwide health problem, characterized by persistent high fever, headache, and rash in humans, domestic animals, and wildlife.
Qiaoyan Dong, Meihua Yang, Fengshi Li, Yuqing Jia, Kadyken Rizabek, Kenesbay Kairullayev, Otarbayev Bauyrzhan, Ketan Adil, Kazkhan Oralhazi, Yuanzhi Wang   +9 more
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Molecular survey of hard ticks in endemic areas of tick-borne diseases in China

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2013
Over the past several years, there was a substantial increase in the number of cases of known and novel tick-borne infections in humans in China. To better understand the ticks associated with these infections, we collected hard ticks from animals or around livestock shelters in 29 localities in 5 provinces (Beijing, Henan, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, and ...
Lu, X, Lin, X-D, Wang, J-B, Qin, X-C, Tian, J-H, Guo, W-P, Fan, F-N, Shao, R, Xu, J, Zhang, Y-Z   +9 more
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Molecular detection of vector-borne bacteria in bat ticks (Acari: Ixodidae, Argasidae) from eight countries of the Old and New Worlds

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Despite the increasingly recognized eco-epidemiological significance of bats, data from molecular analyses of vector-borne bacteria in bat ectoparasites are lacking from several regions of the Old and New Worlds. Methods During this study, six
Sándor Hornok, Krisztina Szőke, Marina L. Meli, Attila D. Sándor, Tamás Görföl, Péter Estók, Yuanzhi Wang, Vuong Tan Tu, Dávid Kováts, Sándor A. Boldogh, Alexandra Corduneanu, Kinga M. Sulyok, Miklós Gyuranecz, Jenő Kontschán, Nóra Takács, Ali Halajian, Sara Epis, Regina Hofmann-Lehmann   +17 more
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