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Development of a rapid and reliable surveillance method for Ornithodoros turicata americanus in gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) burrows in the southeastern United States. [PDF]

Med Vet Entomol
We developed a rapid, effective technique for surveying for Ornithodoros turicata, a vector of African swine fever virus using gopher tortoise burrows. When working under a time constraint during tick collection, vacuuming substrate from the top meter of the burrow followed by sifting for soft ticks outperformed CO2 traps.
Canino N, Torhorst C, Botero-Cañola S, Beati L, O'Hara KC, James A, Wisely SM.   +6 more
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Integrating Systematic Surveys With Historical Data to Model the Distribution of Ornithodoros turicata americanus, a Vector of Epidemiological Concern in North America. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
We conducted systematic surveys and modeled the distribution of Ornithodoros turicata, a soft tick of medical and veterinary importance. These ticks are ubiquitous in Florida and represent a risk to the establishment of foreign animal diseases in the region.
Botero-Cañola S, Torhorst C, Canino N, Beati L, O'Hara KC, James AM, Wisely SM.   +6 more
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Evolutionary Convergence of Nutritional Symbionts in Ticks. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Confocal imaging of nutritional symbionts in the ovaries of ticks using fluorescence in situ hybridisation. ABSTRACT Symbiosis with bacteria is essential for the survival of animals with an obligate blood‐feeding lifestyle. In ticks, two distinct bacterial lineages, Coxiella‐like and Francisella‐like endosymbionts, have independently evolved into ...
Fattar N, Louni M, Buysse M, Floriano AM, Bertaux J, Cantereau A, Rivero A, Bruley M, McCoy KD, Delafont V, Boulanger N, Vavre F, Bouchon D, Duron O.   +13 more
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Comparison of salivary gland and midgut microbiome in the soft ticks Ornithodoros erraticus and Ornithodoros moubata

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
IntroductionOrnithodoros erraticus and Ornithodoros moubata are the main vectors of African swine fever virus (ASFV) and the human relapsing fever spirochetes Borrelia hispanica and Borrelia crocidurae in the Mediterranean region and Borrelia duttoni in ...
Elianne Piloto-Sardiñas, Elianne Piloto-Sardiñas, Ana Laura Cano-Argüelles, Apolline Maitre, Apolline Maitre, Apolline Maitre, Alejandra Wu-Chuang, Lourdes Mateos-Hernández, Alexandra Corduneanu, Alexandra Corduneanu, Dasiel Obregón, Ana Oleaga, Ricardo Pérez-Sánchez, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz   +13 more
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Risk and protective factors for ASF in domestic pigs and wild boar in the EU, and mitigation measures for managing the disease in wild boar. [PDF]

EFSA J
Abstract Five epidemiological aspects of ASF were evaluated using literature reviews, field studies, questionnaires and mathematical models. First, a literature review and a case–control study in commercial pig farms emphasised the importance of biosecurity and farming practices, including the spread of manure around farms and the use of bedding ...
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Boklund AE, Ståhl K, Miranda Chueca MÁ, Podgórski T, Vergne T, Cortiñas Abrahantes J, Cattaneo E, Dhollander S, Papanikolaou A, Tampach S, Mur L.   +11 more
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Description of a new Ornithodoros (Pavlovskyella) (Ixodida: Argasidae) tick species from Pakistan [PDF]

Parasitology
The genus Ornithodoros is notably diverse within the family Argasidae, comprising approximately 134 species distributed among 4 subgenera, 1 of which is the subgenus Pavlovskyella.
Abid Ali, Mehran Khan, Muhammad Numan, Abdulaziz Alouffi, Mashal M. Almutairi, Ronel Pienaar, Minique H. de Castro, Lidia Chitimia-Dobler, Sebastián Muñoz-Leal, Ben J. Mans, Ala Tabor   +10 more
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Portuguese Hosts forOrnithodoros erraticusTicks [PDF]

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 2013
The hematophagous soft tick Ornithodoros erraticus feeds nocturnally on multiple warm-blooded vertebrate hosts. This tick is often found living buried in the soil of traditional pigpens. O. erraticus is an important infectious disease vector both for humans and animals.
Hugo Osório, Mariana Palma, Maria Sofia Núncio, Sally J. Cutler, Líbia Zé-Zé, Isabel Lopes de Carvalho   +5 more
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Development of microsatellite markers for the soft tick Ornithodoros phacochoerus [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background Soft ticks of the genus Ornithodoros are responsible for the maintenance and transmission of the African swine fever (ASF) virus in the sylvatic and domestic viral cycles in Southern Africa.
Florian Taraveau, David Bru, Carlos João Quembo, Hélène Jourdan-Pineau   +3 more
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Characterisation of putative novel tick viruses and zoonotic risk prediction. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Tick‐borne viruses remain a substantial zoonotic risk worldwide, so knowledge of the diversity of tick viruses has potential health consequences. Through data mining and bioinformatic analyses of more than 37,800 public meta‐genomic and ‐transcriptomic data sets, we found five putative novel Alphatetra‐like viruses, four putative novel Orthomyxo‐like ...
Lin Y, Pascall DJ.
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Molecular Detection of Coxiella burnetii in Ticks Isolated from Domestic Animals in Slaughterhouses and Farms, Shahr-E-Rey, Tehran, Iran [PDF]

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases
Background: Coxiella burnetii causes Q fever, a zoonotic and vector-borne disease. Ticks serve as vectors for this bac­terium. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of C.
Pedram Talaie, Maryam Tavassoli, Ehsan Mostafavi, Zakiyeh Telmadarraiy, Mahdi Rohani, Saber Esmaeili, Mohammad Mehdi Sedaghat   +6 more
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