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Genomic Profiling for Piroplasms in Feeding Ixodid Ticks in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

, 2020
Importation of tick-infected animals and the uncontrollable migration of birds and wild animals across borders can lead to geographical expansion and redistribution of ticks and pathogen vectors, thus leading to the emergence and re-emergence of tick ...
Benson Chuks Iweriebor, Olusesan Adeyemi Adelabu, Larry Chikwelu Obi, Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh   +3 more
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De novo assembly and annotation of Hyalomma dromedarii tick (Acari: Ixodidae) sialotranscriptome with regard to gender differences in gene expression

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Hard ticks are hematophagous ectoparasites characterized by their long-term feeding. The saliva that they secrete during their blood meal is their crucial weapon against host-defense systems including hemostasis, inflammation and immunity. The
Chaima Bensaoud, Milton Yutaka Nishiyama, Cherif Ben Hamda, Flavio Lichtenstein, Ursula Castro de Oliveira, Fernanda Faria, Inácio Loiola Meirelles Junqueira-de-Azevedo, Kais Ghedira, Ali Bouattour, Youmna M’Ghirbi, Ana Marisa Chudzinski-Tavassi   +10 more
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Molecular identification of Leishmania in rodents and their hard ticks in Golestan province, Northern Iran [PDF]

Medical Laboratory Journal
Background: Leishmaniasis is a zoonotic disease transmitted between humans and animals and is caused by the Leishmania parasite. This parasite is transmitted through the bite of the female sandfly.
Farideh Tohidi, Abazar Nejati, Ayeneh Hagieh Pangh, Zeinolabedin Mohammadi, Mohammad Reza Ghanbari   +4 more
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Variations in Ixodes ricinus Density and Borrelia Infections Associated with Cattle Introduced into a Woodland in The Netherlands [PDF]

, 2008
The effect of introduced large herbivores on the abundance of Ixodes ricinus ticks and their Borrelia infections was studied in a natural woodland in The Netherlands. Oak and pine plots, either ungrazed or grazed by cattle, were selected.
van Wieren, S.E., Verbaarschot, P.G.H., Smallegange, R.C., Gassner, F., Spitzen, J., Wieren, S.E., van, Takken, W.   +6 more
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Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting cattle in three northeastern Algeria regions during the summer season

Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine
Hard ticks are ectoparasites and vectors of many pathogens. Studies on hard ticks in cattle have rarely been conducted in northeastern Algeria. This study aimed to estimate the infestation rate, distribution, and biological diversity of hard tick species
L. Derradj, K. Kohil , M. Gharbi
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First records of adult Hyalomma marginatum and H. rufipes ticks (Atari: Ixodidae) in Sweden

, 2020
From July 2018 to January 2019 we recorded 41 specimens of adult Hyalomma ticks, which had been found on horses, cattle or humans in 14 Swedish provinces.
Albihn, Ann,, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet., Grandi, Giulio,   +2 more
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Comparison of two methods for collecting free-living ticks in the Amazonian forest

, 2010
In the present study, we compared 2 methods for collecting ixodid ticks on the verges of animal trails in a primary Amazon forest area in northern Brazil.
BARBIERI, Fabio S., SZABO, Matias P. J., ALBUQUERQUE, Saymon, CAMARGO, Luis Marcelo A., LABRUNA, Marcelo B., TERASSINI, Flavio A.   +5 more
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Ticks and Lyme Disease.

, 2004
Ticks are prevalent in parts of the UK during the summer months. Charlotte Chalmers, Janis MacCallum, Jane Brown and Ros Anderson discuss the associated diseases and recommend a method of ...
Brown, Jane, MacCallum, Janis, Anderson, Ros, Chalmers, Charlotte   +3 more
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High genetic diversity in hard ticks from a China-Myanmar border county

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Many tick species have great morphological similarity and are thus grouped into species complexes. Molecular methods are therefore useful in the classification and identification of ticks.
Lan-Hua Li, Yi Zhang, Jia-Zhi Wang, Xi-Shang Li, Shou-Qin Yin, Dan Zhu, Jing-Bo Xue, Sheng-Guo Li   +7 more
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Ticks Tick Borne Dis [PDF]

As the geographic distributions of medically important ticks and tick-borne pathogens continue to expand in the United States, the burden of tick-borne diseases continues to increase along with a growing risk of coinfections.

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