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Human Tick-Borne Diseases in Australia

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2019
There are 17 human-biting ticks known in Australia. The bites of Ixodes holocyclus, Ornithodoros capensis, and Ornithodoros gurneyi can cause paralysis, inflammation, and severe local and systemic reactions in humans, respectively.
Mona Dehhaghi, Mona Dehhaghi, Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi, Hamed Kazemi Shariat Panahi, Edward C. Holmes, Bernard J. Hudson, Richard Schloeffel, Gilles J. Guillemin   +7 more
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Extended characterisation of five archival tick-borne viruses provides insights for virus discovery in Australian ticks

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background A subset of Australians who have been bitten by ticks experience a complex of chronic and debilitating symptoms which cannot be attributed to the known pathogenic species of bacteria present in Australia.
Caitlin A. O’Brien, Bixing Huang, David Warrilow, Jessamine E. Hazlewood, Helle Bielefeldt-Ohmann, Sonja Hall-Mendelin, Cassandra L. Pegg, Jessica J. Harrison, Devina Paramitha, Natalee D. Newton, Benjamin L. Schulz, Andreas Suhrbier, Jody Hobson-Peters, Roy A. Hall   +13 more
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Anaphylactic Reactions to Oligosaccharides in Red Meat: a Syndrome in Evolution [PDF]

, 2012
OBJECTIVE: While most allergic responses to food are directed against protein epitopes and occur within 30 minutes of ingesting the allergen, recent studies suggest that delayed reactions may occur, sometimes mediated by IgE antibodies directed against ...
Andromeda Nauli, Guha Krishnaswamy, Hana Saleh, Scott Embry, Seif Atyia   +4 more
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Causes of mortality and morbidity in the endangered southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus obesulus). [PDF]

Aust Vet J
The southern brown bandicoot (Isoodon obesulus obesulus) is a small, endangered, Australian, ground‐dwelling marsupial. Apart from isolated necropsy reports, there has not been a systematic investigation into the health and causes of death for this species.
Breidahl AJ, Jansen E, McKee E, Maclagan S, Charles J, Samuel J, Beveridge I, Whiteley P, Traub R, Hufschmid J.   +9 more
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Cancer research meets tick vectors for infectious diseases [PDF]

, 2017
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Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, Fuente, José de la, Valdés, James J.   +2 more
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Transcriptome and toxin family analysis of the paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus [PDF]

International Journal for Parasitology, 2018
The Australian paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) secretes neuropathic toxins into saliva that induce host paralysis. Salivary glands and viscera were dissected from fully engorged female I. holocyclus ticks collected from dogs and cats with paralysis symptoms.
Rodriguez-Valle, M., Moolhuijzen, Paula, Barrero, R., Ong, C., Busch, G., Karbanowicz, T., Booth, M., Clark, R., Koehbach, J., Ijaz, H., Broady, K., Agnew, K., Knowles, A., Bellgard, M., Tabor, A.   +14 more
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Apparent tick paralysis in a cat from North America

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports, 2020
Case summary A 2-year-old castrated male domestic longhair cat presented for acute, diffuse, flaccid paralysis. Thoracic and abdominal radiographs, biochemistry panel and complete blood count were unremarkable.
Cheri M Honnas, Jillian M Athey, Guilherme G Verocai, Karen F Snowden, Maria D Esteve-Gasent, Joseph M Mankin   +5 more
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Human otoacariasis: a common outbreak in rubber growing belt of Karnataka. [PDF]

, 2013
Background/Objective: Soft tick in the ear is a very common acute painful and distressing condition in the flowering months of October to March. It’s a common condition in the rubber growing belt of Sullia.The mouthparts of the tick grips firmly the skin
Appaji, Mohan, Devi, Pinky N, M K, Goutham, Naik, Sarika S, Naik, Sudhir M, S M, Annapurna, S, Ravishankar   +6 more
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Are ticks venomous animals? [PDF]

, 2017
[Introduction]: As an ecological adaptation venoms have evolved independently in several species of Metazoa. As haematophagous arthropods ticks are mainly considered as ectoparasites due to directly feeding on the skin of animal hosts. Ticks are of major
Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro, Valdés, James J.   +1 more
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Prevalence assessment of ectoparasitic arthropods among commonly consumed wildlife in Nsukka, southeast Nigeria

Bulletin of the National Research Centre, 2021
Background Wildlife reservoirs not only act as a source of infection for vectors but also serve as hosts for the vectors themselves, supporting their populations.
Kingsley Uchenna Ozioko, Chris Ikem Okoye, Patience Obiageli Ubachukwu, Raymond Awudu Agbu, Bede Izuchukwu Ezewudo, Celestine Osita Ezea   +5 more
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