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Modeling the Effects of Reservoir Competence Decay and Demographic Turnover in Lyme Disease Ecology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Lyme disease risk is related to the abundance of infected nymphal ticks, which in turn depends on the abundance and reservoir competence of wild hosts. Reservoir competence of a host (i.e., probability that an infected host will infect a feeding vector ...
Ostfeld, Richard S, Schauber, Eric M
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Human Babesia microti Incidence and Ixodes scapularis Distribution, Rhode Island, 1998–2004

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
Distribution of nymphal Ixodes scapularis in Rhode Island was used as a logistical regressor for predicting presence of human babesiosis. Although the incidence of babesiosis is increasing in southern Rhode Island, large areas of the state are free of ...
Sarah E. Rodgers, Thomas N. Mather
doaj   +1 more source

Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in historic tick samples and its relevance to the white-tailed deer population in New Hampshire [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The cases of Lyme disease in New Hampshire have increased over time. There are speculations that increasing number of Lyme disease cases in New Hampshire are due to environmental factors, such as warmer climate, white-footed mouse population, white ...
Rakasiwi, Tasya
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Efficacy of afoxolaner against Ixodes scapularis ticks in dogs

open access: yesVeterinary Parasitology, 2014
Efficacy of afoxolaner, a novel isoxazoline insecticide/acaricide, against Ixodes scapularis was evaluated in a laboratory study. One day prior to treatment, beagle dogs (n=16) were infested with 50 unfed wild adult ticks. Repeat infestations were performed weekly for four additional weeks.
Mitchell, Elizabeth B.   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Structural and Functional Characterization of the 28 kDa Structured Core of BmSA1, the Major Surface Antigen of Babesia Microti

open access: yesProteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics, Volume 93, Issue 9, Page 1657-1671, September 2025.
ABSTRACT Babesiosis is a tick‐borne disease that poses a significant threat to animal health worldwide. In addition, climate change and the risk of human‐to‐human transmission through blood transfusion have made babesiosis an emerging disease in humans.
Assia Mouhand   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic Resources Notes accepted 1 April 2014 - 31 May 2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Genomic Resources Development Consortium.This article documents the public availability of a global transcriptome comparison between Lyme disease tick vectors, Ixodes scapularis and Ixodes ricinus.Peer ...
Contreras, Marinela   +4 more
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Prevalence and Sequence Analysis of Vector‐Borne Zoonotic Diseases in Stray Cats in Istanbul

open access: yesVeterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 5, September 2025.
Istanbul, the largest metropolis in Türkiye, is home to a notable population of stray cats. While cats enrich the city's culture, they can also transmit various diseases, posing diagnostic challenges for clinicians. This study aimed to detect infections in stray cats using PCR and sequencing to identify Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Bartonella, Hepatozoon ...
Tuba Yazicioglu, Handan Cetinkaya
wiley   +1 more source

Seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi, B. miyamotoi, and Powassan Virus in Residents Bitten by Ixodes Ticks, Maine, USA

open access: yesEmerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
We conducted a serosurvey of 230 persons in Maine, USA, who had been bitten by Ixodes scapularis or I. cookei ticks. We documented seropositivity for Borrelia burgdorferi (13.9%) and B.
Robert P. Smith   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Efecto de la infección con Anaplasma phagocytophilum sobre la apoptosis en células de garrapata [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Máster en Investigación Básica y Aplicada en Recursos Cinegéticos. Trabajo Fin de Máster.[EN]: Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an intracellular tick-borne rickettsial pathogen, which causes granulocytic anaplasmosis in various species of livestock ...
Martínez de Carnero, Mª Luisa
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