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Ecosystem services provided by spiders

Biological Reviews, Volume 100, Issue 6, Page 2217-2236, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Spiders, ubiquitous and abundant predators in terrestrial ecosystems, often are the subjects of an unjust negative perception. However, these remarkable creatures stand as unsung heroes within our ecosystems, contributing a multitude of ecosystem services critical to human well‐being.
Pedro Cardoso, Stano Pekár, Klaus Birkhofer, Angela Chuang, Caroline Sayuri Fukushima, Eileen A. Hebets, Yann Henaut, Thomas Hesselberg, Jagoba Malumbres‐Olarte, Ondřej Michálek, Radek Michalko, Catherine Scott, Jonas Wolff, Stefano Mammola   +13 more
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Treatment of Lyme borreliosis [PDF]

Arthritis Research & Therapy, 2009
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato is the causative agent of Lyme borreliosis in humans. This inflammatory disease can affect the skin, the peripheral and central nervous system, the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular system and rarely the eyes. Early stages are directly associated with viable bacteria at the site of inflammation.
Girschick, Hermann J, Morbach, Henner, Tappe, Dennis   +2 more
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Coexistence of antibodies to tick-borne agents of babesiosis and Lyme borreliosis in patients from Cotia county, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2003
This paper reports a case of coinfection caused by pathogens of Lyme disease and babesiosis in brothers. This was the first case of borreliosis in Brazil, acquired in Cotia County, State of São Paulo, Brazil.
Natalino Hajime Yoshinari, Milena Garcia Abrão, Virginia Lúcia Nazário Bonoldi, Cleber Oliveira Soares, Claudio Roberto Madruga, Alessandra Scofield, Carlos Luis Massard, Adivaldo Henrique da Fonseca   +7 more
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Tick‐Borne Viruses in Finland: Public Health Risks, Interventions and Research Insights

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 6, November 2025.
ABSTRACT Ticks are obligate haematophagous arthropods that serve as vectors for diverse pathogens, including viruses, bacteria and protozoa. In Finland, the two primary tick species, Ixodes ricinus (castor bean tick) and Ixodes persulcatus (taiga tick), have been identified in the transmission of tick‐borne viruses (TBV), notably tick‐borne ...
Theophilus Yaw Alale, Tero Klemola, Jani J. Sormunen, Heli Harvala, Laura Kakkola, Jessica Tikkala, Eero J. Vesterinen   +6 more
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Prevalence and Identification of Livestock Tick by Sex Ratio and Host in Tehran Province

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 6, November 2025.
This study identified tick species infesting livestock and poultry in Tehran Province, revealing a female‐biased sex ratio and sheep as the most infested hosts. Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato was the dominant species. These findings underscore the need for host‐targeted tick control to mitigate disease transmission and economic losses.
Ebrahim Abbasi
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Ecology and prevention of Lyme borreliosis

, 2016
How can nature be protected and biodiversity be preserved while the threats of zoonotic diseases are minimised? Expanding nature areas and creating ecological networks across Europe is not only beneficial for wildlife, but also for the pathogens they ...
Wieren, Sipke E., van, Takken, Willem, Sprong, Hein, Braks, Marieta A.H.   +3 more
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Visual Restoration in Rare Ocular Lyme Borreliosis Using Adjunctive Steroid and Antibiotic Therapy

Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Ocular Lyme borreliosis is the term used to describe a rare complication of late-stage Lyme disease, whereby one might experience ophthalmic disturbances secondary to Lyme infection.
Rubayat H. Chowdhury, Catherine Seeger, Robert Ranger, Elias A. Abou-Jaoude, Regina Makdissi   +4 more
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Retrospective In Silico Analysis of Routine Laboratory Data Supports a Specific Association of Epstein–Barr Virus and Multiple Sclerosis

European Journal of Neurology, Volume 32, Issue 11, November 2025.
To study the association of Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) and multiple sclerosis (MS) as compared to 10 different control diseases, 10,669 patients with MS and 42,222 controls were identified by ICD10 codes and their available antiviral serologies retrieved from the hospital information system.
Mario Rodomonti, Florence Pache, Carolin Otto, Patrick Schindler, Bettina Eberspächer, Rohat Geran, Marco Puthenparampil, Paolo Gallo, Brigitte Wildemann, Sven Jarius, Hebun Erdur, Klemens Ruprecht   +11 more
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Comparative Study of Azithromycin versus Doxycycline for Treatment of Early

European Journal of Inflammation, 2003
Data from European and American authors concerning azithromycin efficacy in the treatment of Lyme borreliosis appear controversial. The aim of this study is to establish whether azithromycin is applicable to patients with early Lyme borreliosis. In these
I. Christova, R. Komitova
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Rapid Northward Expansion of the Blacklegged Tick, Ixodes scapularis, in Response to Climate Change

Global Change Biology, Volume 31, Issue 11, November 2025.
The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, can transmit human diseases such as Lyme disease and is exposing new human populations to this risk due to its rapid expansion into Canada. We used community science data (eTick and iNaturalist) to understand the environmental factors responsible for the distribution of I.
Jacob R. Westcott, Joseph J. Bowden, Jade Savage, Karen M. Doody   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source