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Rickettsia lusitaniae in Ornithodoros Porcinus Ticks, Zambia [PDF]

Pathogens, 2021
Rickettsial pathogens are amongst the emerging and re-emerging vector-borne zoonoses of public health importance. Though traditionally considered to be transmitted by ixodid ticks, the role of argasid ticks as vectors of these pathogens is increasingly ...
Simbarashe Chitanga, Herman M. Chambaro, Lavel C. Moonga, Kyoko Hayashida, Junya Yamagishi, Walter Muleya, Katendi Changula, Benjamin Mubemba, Manyando Simbotwe, David Squarre, Paul Fandamu, King S. Nalubamba, Yongjin Qiu, Sawa Hirofumi, Edgar Simulundu   +14 more
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Historical overview and update on relapsing fever group Borrelia in Latin America

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Relapsing fever group Borrelia (RFGB) are motile spirochetes transmitted to mammalian or avian hosts through the bite of hematophagous arthropods, such as soft ticks (Argasidae), hard ticks (Ixodidae) and the human clothing lice.
Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez, Carlos Ramiro Silva-Ramos, Adriana M. Santodomingo, Alejandro Ramírez-Hernández, Francisco B. Costa, Marcelo B. Labruna, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal   +6 more
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The epidemiology and geographic distribution of relapsing fever borreliosis in West and North Africa, with a review of the Ornithodoros erraticus complex (Acari: Ixodida). [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: Relapsing fever is the most frequent bacterial disease in Africa. Four main vector / pathogen complexes are classically recognized, with the louse Pediculus humanus acting as vector for B. recurrentis and the soft ticks Ornithodoros sonrai, O.
Jean-François Trape, Georges Diatta, Céline Arnathau, Idir Bitam, M'hammed Sarih, Driss Belghyti, Ali Bouattour, Eric Elguero, Laurence Vial, Youssouph Mané, Cellou Baldé, Franck Prugnolle, Gilles Chauvancy, Gil Mahé, Laurent Granjon, Jean-Marc Duplantier, Patrick Durand, François Renaud   +17 more
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Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) ticks associated with a Rickettsia sp. in Pakistan

Parasites & Vectors, 2022
Background Soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) are medically important ectoparasites that mainly feed on birds and mammals, which play a key role in their geographic distribution and dispersion.
Abid Ali, Muhammad Numan, Mehran Khan, Ome Aiman, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Marcelo B. Labruna, Ard M. Nijhof   +7 more
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Detection of African Swine Fever Virus in Ornithodoros Tick Species Associated with Indigenous and Extralimital Warthog Populations in South Africa

Viruses, 2022
We investigated the possibility that sylvatic circulation of African swine fever virus (ASFV) in warthogs and Ornithodoros ticks had extended beyond the historically affected northern part of South Africa that was declared a controlled area in 1935 to ...
Anthony F. Craig, Mathilde L. Schade-Weskott, Thapelo Rametse, Livio Heath, Gideon J. P. Kriel, Lin-Mari de Klerk-Lorist, Louis van Schalkwyk, Jessie D. Trujillo, Jan E. Crafford, Juergen A. Richt, Robert Swanepoel   +10 more
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Ornithodoros puertoricensis (Ixodida: Argasidae) Associated With Domestic Fowl in Rural Dwellings From Córdoba Department, Caribbean Colombia

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021
Ticks of genus Ornithodoros are nidicolous parasites associated with a wide array of vertebrates. In humans, their bites cause hypersensitivity reactions and are capable to transmit pathogens of health concern.
Yesica López, Laura Natalia Robayo-Sánchez, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Ader Aleman, Esteban Arroyave, Alejandro Ramírez-Hernández, Jesús Alfredo Cortés-Vecino, Salim Mattar, Álvaro A. Faccini-Martínez   +8 more
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Ornithodoros faccinii n. sp. (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) parasitizing the frog Thoropa miliaris (Amphibia: Anura: Cycloramphidae) in Brazil

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Most argasid ticks from the Neotropical region are parasites of mammals and birds, with a few records from reptiles. Many species of the genus Ornithodoros are known only through larval descriptions, and their chaetotaxy and morphological ...
Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Gabriel Alves Landulfo, Hermes Ribeiro Luz, Arlei Marcili, Valeria Castilho Onofrio, Kátia Maria Famadas   +5 more
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No Experimental Evidence of Co-Feeding Transmission of African Swine Fever Virus between Ornithodoros Soft Ticks

Pathogens, 2020
Ornithodoros soft ticks are the only known vector and reservoir of the African swine fever virus, a major lethal infectious disease of Suidae. The co-feeding event for virus transmission and maintenance among soft tick populations has been poorly ...
Rémi Pereira De Oliveira, Evelyne Hutet, Maxime Duhayon, Frédéric Paboeuf, Marie-Frédérique Le Potier, Laurence Vial   +5 more
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First record of Ornithodoros faccinii (Acari: Argasidae) on toads of genus Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2018
Although a group of soft ticks (Argasidae) associated with amphibians was recently discovered in Brazilian rainforests, parasitism by these ticks on cold-blooded animals remains less common than on mammal and bird species.
Hermes Ribeiro Luz, Bruna Barboza Bezerra, Walter Flausino, Arlei Marcili, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, João Luiz Horacio Faccini   +5 more
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Differential vector competence of Ornithodoros soft ticks for African swine fever virus: What if it involves more than just crossing organic barriers in ticks?

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Several species of soft ticks in genus Ornithodoros are known vectors and reservoirs of African swine fever virus (ASFV). However, the underlying mechanisms of vector competence for ASFV across Ornithodoros species remain to be fully ...
Rémi Pereira De Oliveira, Evelyne Hutet, Renaud Lancelot, Frédéric Paboeuf, Maxime Duhayon, Fernando Boinas, Adalberto A. Pérez de León, Serhii Filatov, Marie-Frédérique Le Potier, Laurence Vial   +9 more
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