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Inventory and update on argasid ticks and associated pathogens in Algeria

New Microbes and New Infections, 2018
Argasid ticks include vectors of relapsing fevers caused by Borrelia spp. in humans, and they can transmit arboviruses and other bacterial pathogens. Knowledge about soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Algeria is incomplete, and distribution data need to ...
I. Lafri, W. Benredjem, F. Neffah-Baaziz, R. Lalout, K. Abdelouahed, B. Gassen, S. Bakhouch, M. Chergui, M. Karakellah, H. Adjmi-Hamoudi, I. Bitam   +10 more
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Integrative taxonomy of Afrotropical Ornithodoros (Ornithodoros) (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae)

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2018
Afrotropical Ornithodoros (Ornithodoros) ticks are revised based on qualitative morphology of females and nymphs, as well as tarsus I shape outlines of females measured in a geometric morphometric framework. These lines of evidence corroborate lineages based on 16S rRNA nucleotide sequence data. Four previously unrecognized species are described, along
Deon K. Bakkes, Daniel De Klerk, Abdalla A. Latif, Ben J. Mans   +3 more
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Novel symbionts and potential human pathogens excavated from argasid tick microbiomes that are shaped by dual or single symbiosis

Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2022
Research on vector-associated microbiomes has been expanding due to increasing emergence of vector-borne pathogens and awareness of the importance of symbionts in the vector physiology.
Mohamed Abdallah Mohamed Moustafa, Wessam Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed, Alice C.C. Lau, Elisha Chatanga, Yongjin Qiu, Naoki Hayashi, Doaa Naguib, Kozue Sato, Ai Takano, Keita Matsuno, Nariaki Nonaka, DeMar Taylor, Hiroki Kawabata, Ryo Nakao   +13 more
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Ornithodoros (Ornithodoros) huajianensis sp. nov. (Acari, argasidae), a new tick species from the Mongolian marmot (Marmota bobak sibirica), Gansu province in China

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019
A new argasid species, belonging to the subgenus Ornithodoros, namely, Ornithodoros (Ornithodoros) huajianensis was described for the first time based on the females, males and nymphs. The morphological features of each stage in the life cycle are unique,
Yi Sun, Rongman Xu, Zengjia Liu, Mingyu Wu, Tong Qin   +4 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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Borrelia hispanica in Ornithodoros erraticus, Portugal [PDF]

Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2012
Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) is a spirochetal infection caused by the genus Borrelia. The disease is distributed in the Old and New World with many different species reported. In Europe, TBRF is caused by B. hispanica transmitted to man by Ornithodoros erraticus, a soft tick usually found in old premises to shelter pig herds.
Palma, M., Lopes de Carvalho, I., Figueiredo, M., Amaro, F., Boinas, F., Cutler, S.J., Núncio, M.S.   +6 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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Ornithodoros hermsi. [PDF]

Trends Parasitol
Sousa-Paula LC, Schwan TG, Tirloni L.
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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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