The Generalist Tick Ixodes ricinus and the Specialist Tick Ixodes Trianguliceps on Shrews and Rodents in a Northern Forest Ecosystem– a Role of Body Size Even Among Small Hosts [PDF]
Parasites and Vectors, 2015 Background Understanding aggregation of ticks on hosts and attachment of life stages to different host species, are central components for understanding tick-borne disease epidemiology.
Atle Mysterud, Hildegunn Viljugrein
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Novel Genetic Lineages of Rickettsia helvetica Associated with Ixodes apronophorus and Ixodes trianguliceps Ticks [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2023 Ixodes apronophorus is an insufficiently studied nidicolous tick species. For the first time, the prevalence and genetic diversity of Rickettsia spp. in Ixodes apronophorus, Ixodes persulcatus, and Ixodes trianguliceps ticks from their sympatric habitats
Yana Igolkina +6 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) [PDF]
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 +9 more
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Patterns and drivers of vector-borne microparasites in a classic metapopulation [PDF]
Parasitology, 2023 Many organisms live in fragmented populations, which has profound consequences on the dynamics of associated parasites. Metapopulation theory offers a canonical framework for predicting the effects of fragmentation on spatiotemporal host–parasite ...
Laura S. Mackenzie +7 more
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Seasonal Dynamics of Anaplasma phagocytophila in a Rodent-Tick (Ixodes trianguliceps) System, United Kingdom [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 We investigated the reservoir role of European wild rodents for Anaplasma phagocytophila using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of blood collected from individually tagged rodents captured monthly over 2 years.
Kevin J. Bown +4 more
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High-elevational occurrence of two tick species, Ixodes ricinus and I. trianguliceps, at their northern distribution range [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2021 Background During the last decades a northward and upward range shift has been observed among many organisms across different taxa. In the northern hemisphere, ticks have been observed to have increased their latitudinal and altitudinal range limit ...
Nicolas De Pelsmaeker +2 more
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Genetic Diversity of Siberian Isolates of Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato by the ospA Gene [PDF]
MicroorganismsThe genetic diversity of the ospA gene of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex encoding outer surface protein A has been widely investigated.
Yana Igolkina +8 more
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Host in reserve: The role of common shrews (Sorex araneus) as a supplementary source of tick hosts in small mammal communities influenced by rodent population cycles [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Rodents often act as important hosts for ticks and as pathogen reservoirs. At northern latitudes, rodents often undergo multi‐annual population cycles, and the periodic absence of certain hosts may inhibit the survival and recruitment of ticks.
Nicolas De Pelsmaeker +2 more
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Anaplasma Phagocytophilum, a Zoonotic Vector‐Borne Bacterial Species in Rodents and Its Associated Tick Vector: Systematic Review [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceBackground The bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the causative agent of tick‐borne fever, is alleged to be naturally maintained in a tick‐rodent cycle, with human beings involved only as incidental impasse hosts.
Maropeng C. Monyama +4 more
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The Eurasian Shrew and Vole Tick Ixodes Trianguliceps: Geographical Distribution, Climate Preference, and Pathogens Detected [PDF]
Experimental and Applied Acarology, 2023 Franz Rubel, Olaf Kahl
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