Host Bloodmeal Identification in Cave-Dwelling Ornithodoros turicata Dugès (Ixodida: Argasidae), Texas, USA [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Tick-host bloodmeal associations are important factors when characterizing risks of associated pathogen transmission and applying appropriate management strategies.
Sarah A Hamer +2 more
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Identification of a rickettsial endosymbiont in a soft tick Ornithodoros turicata americanus. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2022 Bacterial endosymbionts are abundantly found in both hard and soft ticks. Occidentia massiliensis, a rickettsial endosymbiont, was first identified in the soft tick Ornithodoros sonrai collected from Senegal and later was identified in a hard tick ...
Lichao Liu +3 more
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Assessment of the Geographic Distribution of Ornithodoros turicata (Argasidae): Climate Variation and Host Diversity [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016 BACKGROUND:Ornithodoros turicata is a veterinary and medically important argasid tick that is recognized as a vector of the relapsing fever spirochete Borrelia turicatae and African swine fever virus. Historic collections of O.
Ivan Castro-Arellano +2 more
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Differential Expression of Putative Ornithodoros turicata Defensins Mediated by Tick Feeding [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Additional research on soft ticks in the family Argasidae is needed to bridge the knowledge gap relative to hard ticks of the family Ixodidae; especially, the molecular mechanisms of Ornithodoros biology.
Brittany Armstrong +2 more
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Range Modeling and Surveillance of Ornithodoros turicata Ticks: Implications for Detecting African Swine Fever Virus in the United States [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionAfrican Swine Fever virus (ASFv) is a re‐emerging global swine disease that, if introduced to the United States, would cause severe economic consequences.
Meriam N Saleh, Christopher J Butler
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Identification of Host Bloodmeal Source in Ornithodoros turicata Dugès (Ixodida: Argasidae) Using DNA-Based and Stable Isotope-Based Techniques [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 The ecology and host feeding patterns of many soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) remain poorly understood. To address soft tick–host feeding associations, we fed Ornithodoros turicata Dugès on multiple host species and evaluated quantitative PCR (qPCR) and ...
Sarah A Hamer +2 more
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General Microbiota of the Soft Tick Ornithodoros turicata Parasitizing the Bolson Tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus) in the Mapimi Biosphere Reserve, Mexico [PDF]
Biology, 2020 The general bacterial microbiota of the soft tick Ornithodoros turicata found on Bolson tortoises (Gopherus flavomarginatus) were analyzed using next generation sequencing.
Sergio I. Barraza-Guerrero +9 more
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Humoral immune response of pigs, Sus scrofa domesticus, upon repeated exposure to blood-feeding by Ornithodoros turicata Duges (Ixodida: Argasidae) [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2020 Background Ornithodoros turicata is an important vector of both human and veterinary pathogens. One primary concern is the global spread of African swine fever virus and the risk of its re-emergence in the Americas through potential transmission by O ...
Hee J. Kim +6 more
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Anti-tick vaccine candidate subolesin is important for blood feeding and innate immune gene expression in soft ticks. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023 Subolesin is a conserved molecule in both hard and soft ticks and is considered as an effective candidate molecule for the development of anti-tick vaccine. Previous studies have reported the role of subolesin in blood feeding, reproduction, development,
Krittika Nandy +4 more
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Borrelia turicatae in Ticks from Animals in a Public Park, Aguascalientes, Mexico [PDF]
Emerging Infectious DiseasesWe obtained 5 isolates of Borrelia turicatae from ticks captured in a public park in Aguascalientes, Mexico. A serologic survey in resident fauna showed antibodies against B. turicatae.
Edwin Vázquez-Guerrero +5 more
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