Transmission routes of African swine fever virus to domestic pigs: current knowledge and future research directions [PDF]
, 2016 African swine fever (ASF) is a major threat to the pig industry in Europe. Since 2007, ASF outbreaks have been ongoing in the Caucasus, Eastern Europe and the Baltic countries, causing severe economic losses for many pig farmers and pork producers.
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Assessing the impact of climate change on vector-borne viruses in the EU through the elicitation of expert opinion [PDF]
, 2010 Expert opinion was elicited to undertake a qualitative risk assessment to estimate the current and future risks to the European Union (EU) from five vector-borne viruses listed by the World Organization for Animal Health.
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Tick-borne Relapsing Fever in Children in the North-west of Iran, Qazvin [PDF]
, 2015 Tick-borne Relapsing Fever in Children inthe North-west of Iran, Qazvin. Ayazi P1, Mahyar A2, Oveisi S3, Esmailzadehha N3, Nooroozi S2. Abstract Relapsing fever is caused by the Borrelia species of spirochetes.
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African swine fever virus transmission cycles in Central Europe: evaluation of wild boar-soft tick contacts through detection of antibodies against Ornithodoros erraticus saliva antigen. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most complex viral diseases affecting both domestic and wild pigs. It is caused by ASF virus (ASFV), the only DNA virus which can be efficiently transmitted by an arthropod vector, soft ticks of the ...
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2021 Tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) spirochetes are likely an overlooked cause of disease in Latin America. In Panama, the pathogens were first reported to cause human disease in the early 1900s. Recent collections of Ornithodoros puertoricensis from human
Sergio E Bermúdez +8 more
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Comparative Analysis of Tick-Borne Relapsing Fever Spirochaetes from Ethiopia and Nigeria
Pathogens, 2023 Despite increasing reports of tick-borne diseases in Africa, remarkably, reports of tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) in Nigeria are lacking. Ornithodoros savignyi from Nigeria have been reported with the relapsing fever Candidatus Borrelia kalaharica ...
Adefolake A. Bankole +6 more
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African Swine Fever Virus: An Emerging DNA Arbovirus
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the sole member of the family Asfarviridae, and the only known DNA arbovirus. Since its identification in Kenya in 1921, ASFV has remained endemic in Africa, maintained in a sylvatic cycle between Ornithodoros soft ...
Natasha N. Gaudreault +4 more
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A Novel Relapsing Fever Group Borrelia Isolated from Ornithodoros Ticks of the Brazilian Caatinga
Microorganisms, 2023 Tick-borne relapsing fever group (RFG) borreliosis remains neglected as a human disease and little is known on its maintenance in ticks and vertebrates, especially in South America.
Glauber M. B. de Oliveira +6 more
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, 2019 Published as part of Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, Herrera-Mares, Angel, Robbins, Richard G. & Rebollo-Hernández, Andrea, 2019, The soft ticks (Parasitiformes: Ixodida: Argasidae) of Mexico: species, hosts, and geographical distribution, pp.
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Sylvatic circulation of African swine fever virus (ASFV) in warthogs and Ornithodoros ticks that live in warthog burrows historically occurred in northern South Africa. Outbreaks of the disease in domestic pigs originated in this region.
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