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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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Veterinary Parasitology, 2008 The argasid ticks O. erraticus and O. moubata are of great medical and veterinary importance because they are vectors of the African swine fever virus and several species of human relapsing fever borreliae. Biocontrol of these ticks using entomopathogenic fungi has not been previously reported.
Zabalgogeazcoa, Iñigo +3 more
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Current understanding of lymphoproliferative disease virus in wild turkeys
Wildlife Society Bulletin, Volume 49, Issue S1, December 2025.Lymphoproliferative disease virus (LPDV) is a retrovirus that can cause a spectrum of disease in wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo), from subclinical infection to lymphoid tumors. We reviewed the literature to summarize our current understanding of LPDV, including disease presentation, surveillance, impact on fitness, spatiotemporal distribution, and ...
Chloe C. Goodwin +14 more
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Existence de Ornithodorus porcinus Walton, 1962 (Argasidae) à Madagascar
Revue d’Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, 1963 cf. fichier PDF de l'article.
Gerrit Uilenberg
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Relapsing Fever Group Borreliae in Human-Biting Soft Ticks, Brazil
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 We conducted a molecular survey for Borrelia spp. in Ornithodoros ticks previously reported as biting humans. We collected specimens in natural ecosystems and inside human dwellings in 6 states in Brazil.
Sebastián Muñoz-Leal +10 more
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Increasing Occurrence of Marburg Virus Outbreaks in Africa: Risk Assessment for Public Health
Microbial Biotechnology, Volume 18, Issue 9, September 2025.Bat and Marburg virus (Filovirus). Left: A Rousettus aegyptiacus bat; Center: a distribution map of R. aegyptiacus; Right: EM of Marburg virus. (figure credits: Left Wikipedia Nilflughund Lithuanian Zoological Gardens, Center; Center: Wikipedia Nilflughund IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, right Wikipedia Marburg virus CDC Fred Murphy; J.
Harald Brüssow
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FAVE Sección Ciencias Veterinarias, 2015 In this paper we report and discuss the finding of all the stages of Ornithodoros puertoricensis (Argasidae) parasitizing the exotic reptiles Varanus dumerilii, Python regius and P. bivittatus, and its presence in the reptiles’ terrariums in Panamá city.
BERMUDEZ S +3 more
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2012 BackgroundTick-borne relapsing fever spirochetes are maintained in endemic foci that involve a diversity of small mammals and argasid ticks in the genus Ornithodoros.
Tom G Schwan +9 more
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Diversity of Coxiella-like and Francisella-like endosymbionts, and Rickettsia spp., Coxiella burnetii as pathogens in the tick populations of Slovakia, Central Europe [PDF]
, 2018 Ticks are important vectors of pathogens affecting humans and animals worldwide. They do not only carry pathogens but diverse commensal and symbiotic microorganisms are also present in ticks.
Al-Deeb +60 more
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Ornithodoros papillipes Birula 1895
, 2015 2. Ornithodoros papillipes (Birula, 1895) Host/Habitat. Bos taurus (cattle), Capra aegagrus hircus (goat), Ovis aries (sheep), Vulpes sp. (fox). Distribution. Shanxi (Teng 1978; Huang 1979; Zhang et al. 1991); Yongji, Yuncheng (Liu et al. 2005). Remarks. Zhang et al. (1991) recorded the species as Ornithodorus [sic] pupillipes [sic].
Ma, Min, Li, Sheng-Cai, Fan, Qing-Hai
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