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Ixodes tropicalis (Acari: Ixodidae) infesting a human and molecular detection of Rickettsia bellii, Colombia

Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2021
Introduction: Ixodes tropicalis is a little-known tick species reported parasitizing wild rodents only in Colombia and Perú. Objective: To report a case of I.
Juan Carlos Quintero, María L. Félix, José M. Venzal, Santiago Nava   +3 more
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Exotic Rickettsiae in Ixodes ricinus: fact or artifact? [PDF]

, 2010
Several pathogenic Rickettsia species can be transmitted via Ixodes ricinus ticks to humans and animals. Surveys of I. ricinus for the presence of Rickettsiae using part of its 16S rRNA gene yield a plethora of new and different Rickettsia sequences ...
Fonville, M., Overbeek, L.S., van, Sprong, H., Manoj Fonville, Reimerink, J.H.J., Ellen Tijsse-Klasen, Tijsse-Klasen, E., Hein Sprong, Leo van Overbeek, Johan HJ Reimerink   +9 more
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Vector of Trypanosoma copemani identified as Ixodes sp. [PDF]

, 2011
A total of 41 ticks were collected from 15 quokkas on Bald Island and 2 ticks from a Gilbert's potoroo from Two Peoples Bay. Three species of Ixodid ticks Ixodes australiensis, Ixodes hirsti and Ixodes myrmecobii were identified on the quokkas known to ...
Ditcham, W.G.F., Austen, J. M., Reid, S.A., Ditcham, W. G. F., Reid, S. A., Friend, J.A., Ryan, U. M., Austen, J.M., Friend, J. A., Ryan, U.M.   +9 more
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Variable strength of forest stand attributes and weather conditions on the questing activity of Ixodes ricinus ticks over years in managed forests [PDF]

, 2013
Given the ever-increasing human impact through land use and climate change on the environment, we crucially need to achieve a better understanding of those factors that influence the questing activity of ixodid ticks, a major disease-transmitting vector ...
Kalko, Elisabeth, Ralf Lauterbach, Lauterbach, Ralf, Wells Konstans, O'Hara Robert B., Renner, S., O'Hara, R., Wells, Konstans, Elisabeth K V Kalko, Lauterbach Ralf, Kalko Elisabeth K. V., Wells, K., Kalko, E., Konstans Wells, Renner, Swen C., Robert B O'Hara, Renner, Swen Christoph, O'Hara, Robert B., Renner Swen C., Lauterbach, R., Kalko, Elisabeth K. V., Swen C Renner, Wells, Konstans L.   +22 more
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REVIEW ON SPREAD OF PARASITIC HARD TICKS ON FIELD ANIMALS IN IRAQ

Global Journal of Public Health Medicine, 2019
This study focused on many kinds of ticks distributed in Iraq and on various kinds of domestic and wild animals, and the distribution of ticks affected by the environment such as temperature and humidity,and to identify the diseases caused by ticks where
Zainab Alwan, Suhad Jassim, Khalida Hasson   +2 more
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Panuveitis due to Lyme disease in a Colombian patient: Case report

Iatreia, 2020
Lyme Disease is a zoonosis transmitted by arthropods that has been described with more fre-quency in endemic zones of meridional countries. Its clinical manifestations vary according to the clinical stage of the disease.
Cuevas-Peláez, Miguel, Correa-García, Alexandra, López-Mahecha, Jorge Mario   +2 more
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Molecular-phylogenetic analyses of Ixodes species from South Africa suggest an African origin of bird-associated exophilic ticks (subgenus Trichotoixodes)

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Among hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae), the genus Ixodes comprises the highest number of species, which in turn are most numerous in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region.
Sándor Hornok, Jenő Kontschán, Nóra Takács, Heloise Heyne, Áron Botond Kovács, Olivier Plantard, Gergő Keve, Denis Fedorov, Miklós Gyuranecz, Ali Halajian   +9 more
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Lyme borreliosis and skin

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2013
Lyme disease is a multisystem illness which is caused by the strains of spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato and transmitted by the tick, Ixodes.
Biju Vasudevan, Manas Chatterjee
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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.
Verbaarschot, P.G.H., Smallegange, R.C., Gassner, F., Spitzen, J., Wieren, S.E., van, Takken, W.   +5 more
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Novel rickettsia in ticks, Tasmania, Australia [PDF]

, 2009
A novel rickettsia was detected in Ixodes tasmani ticks collected from Tasmanian devils. A total of 55% were positive for the citrate synthase gene by quantitative PCR.
Nathan Unsworth, Cox, E., Fenwick, S., Graves, S., Izzard, L., Stan Fenwick, Erika Cox, Leonard Izzard, John Stenos, Unsworth, N., Stenos, J., Stephen Graves   +11 more
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