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Study on the role of the sylvatic cycle of African swine fever in Senegal [PDF]

, 2009
It is generally believed that African swine fever (ASF) virus in Sub-Saharan Africa is maintained in nature by warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) and soft ticks from the genus Ornithodoros (Penrith et al., 2004).
Akakpo, A.J., Blanco, Esther, Etter, Eric, Jori, Ferran, Perez, R., Roger, François, Vial, Laurence   +6 more
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"Distribution of Soft Ticks and Their Infection with Borrelia in Hamadan Province, Iran" [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2003
Tick-borne diseases like tick-borne relapsing fever are a public health problem in Iran. Its occurrence is more prevalent in north part of country. In order to determine the distribution of soft ticks, Argasidae, and their infection with Borrelia species
H Vatandoost, A Ghaderi, E Javadian, AH Zahir Nia, Y Rassi, N Piazak, EB Kia, M Shaeghi, Z Zelmodarreiy, M Abolhasani   +9 more
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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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Prospective Case–Control Study of Determinants for African Swine Fever Introduction in Commercial Pig Farms in Poland, Romania, and Lithuania

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
To investigate potential husbandry‐related risk factors for African swine fever (ASF) incursion on commercial pig farms in Lithuania, Poland, and Romania, a prospective, matched case–control design was carried out from August 2021 to September 2023.
S. Dhollander, E. Cattaneo, J. Cortiñas Abrahantes, A. E. Boklund, A. Szczotka-Bochniarz, A. D. Mihalca, A. Papanikolaou, L. Mur, O. M. Balmoș, M. Frant, A. Gal-Cisoń, M. Kwasnik, W. Rozek, A. Malakauskas, M. Masiulis, J. Turčinavičienė, A. Rusinà, R. Aminalragia-Giamini, T. Chesnoiu, K. Jazdzewski, J. Rola, F. Barbuceanu, J. A. Stegeman, Horacio Bach   +23 more
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The Role of Smallholder Pig Farmers in the Biosecurity of Pig Diseases in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa

Veterinary Medicine International, Volume 2025, Issue 1, 2025.
Biosecurity forms an important component of preventing disease transmission. However, data on the demographics and practices of smallholder pig farmers in Southern Africa are scant, and little is published on the biosecurity related to these farms.
Vincent Simbizi, Rebone Moerane, Bruce Gummow, Sumanta Nandi   +3 more
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Ornithodoros turicata

Published as part of Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel, Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, Garrido-Olvera, Lorena, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, López-Aguirre, Daniel, Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno, Niño-Maldonado, Santiago & Guerra-Pérez, Antonio, 2025, Updated list of tick species (Parasitiformes: Ixodida) in Tamaulipas: distribution and hosts, pp.
Rodríguez-García, Iram Emmanuel, Coronado-Blanco, Juana María, Garrido-Olvera, Lorena, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, López-Aguirre, Daniel, Estrada-Drouaillet, Benigno, Niño-Maldonado, Santiago, Guerra-Pérez, Antonio   +7 more
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Host Immune Evasion by Lyme and Relapsing Fever Borreliae: Findings to Lead Future Studies for Borrelia miyamotoi [PDF]

, 2017
The emerging pathogen, Borrelia miyamotoi, is a relapsing fever spirochete vectored by the same species of Ixodes ticks that carry the causative agents of Lyme disease in the US, Europe, and Asia. Symptoms caused by infection with B.
Brandee L. Stone, Catherine A. Brissette
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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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Microbiomes of Blood-Feeding Triatomines in the Context of Their Predatory Relatives and the Environment

Microbiology Spectrum, 2023
The importance of gut microbiomes has become generally recognized in vector biology. This study addresses microbiome signatures in North American Triatoma species of public health significance (vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi) linked to their blood-feeding ...
Hassan Tarabai, Anna Maria Floriano, Jan Zima, Natalia Filová, Joel J. Brown, Walter Roachell, Robert L. Smith, Norman L. Beatty, Kevin J. Vogel, Eva Nováková   +9 more
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The moulting arthropod: a complete genetic toolkit review

Biological Reviews, Volume 99, Issue 6, Page 2338-2375, December 2024.
ABSTRACT Exoskeletons are a defining character of all arthropods that provide physical support for their segmented bodies and appendages as well as protection from the environment and predation. This ubiquitous yet evolutionarily variable feature has been instrumental in facilitating the adoption of a variety of lifestyles and the exploitation of ...
Giulia Campli, Olga Volovych, Kenneth Kim, Werner P. Veldsman, Harriet B. Drage, Idan Sheizaf, Sinéad Lynch, Ariel D. Chipman, Allison C. Daley, Marc Robinson‐Rechavi, Robert M. Waterhouse   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source