Positive Airway Cultures in Dogs and Cats Receiving Mechanical Ventilation for Tick Paralysis
Animals, 2022 Animals with tick paralysis often require mechanical ventilation (MV) but previous publications have identified knowledge gaps regarding the development of bacterial pneumonia, and the specific pathogens involved.
Suzanne Suk Kwan Tso +4 more
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Ixodes brunneus (Acari: Ixodidae) from Two Bird Hosts: A New Michigan Tick [PDF]
, 2017 The tick Ixodes brunneus Koch (Acari: Ixodidae) is reported for the first time in Michigan from two bird hosts at two locations in the lower peninsula.
Hamer, Sarah A +3 more
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New Michigan Tick (Acari: Ixodidae) and Flea (Siphonaptera: Ceratophyllidae) Records From Colonial Nesting Birds [PDF]
, 2018 Banding and censusing large numbers of gull chicks over a 30-year period on Great Lakes islands has produced a collection of five individual ticks from two Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) chicks.
Scharf, William C
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Are ticks venomous animals? [PDF]
, 2017 [Introduction]: As an ecological adaptation venoms have evolved independently in several species of Metazoa. As haematophagous arthropods ticks are mainly considered as ectoparasites due to directly feeding on the skin of animal hosts. Ticks are of major
Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro +1 more
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Deep Sequencing Analysis of RNAs from Citrus Plants Grown in a Citrus Sudden Death-Affected Area Reveals Diverse Known and Putative Novel Viruses. [PDF]
, 2017 Citrus sudden death (CSD) has caused the death of approximately four million orange trees in a very important citrus region in Brazil. Although its etiology is still not completely clear, symptoms and distribution of affected plants indicate a viral ...
Coletta-Filho, Helvecio D +7 more
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Powassan Virus Infections: A Systematic Review of Published Cases
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Background: Powassan virus is an emerging neurotropic arbovirus transmitted by the tick Ixodes scapularis. This systematic review was conducted to aggregate data on its clinical manifestations, diagnostic findings, and complications.
Loukas Kakoullis +6 more
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A Case of Tick-Borne Paralysis in a Traveling Patient
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2019 Background. Tick paralysis is a neurotoxic tick-borne illness that causes ascending paralysis and may lead to respiratory failure. Patients often undergo extensive testing and prolonged hospitalization before the proper diagnosis is reached.
Kevin Ha +3 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2023 Background The longer the duration of protection of an acaricide against canine infestation with Ixodes holocyclus, the lower the risk of gaps in tick control programs that will place dogs at risk of potentially fatal tick-induced paralysis.
Petr Fisara, Frank Guerino
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Unbiased Characterization of the Microbiome and Virome of Questing Ticks
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Due to their vector capacity, ticks are ectoparasites of medical and veterinary significance. Modern sequencing tools have facilitated tick-associated microbiota studies, but these have largely focused on bacterial pathogens and symbionts.
Shona Chandra +4 more
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Antibodies to Enteroviruses in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Acute Flaccid Myelitis. [PDF]
, 2019 Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) has caused motor paralysis in >560 children in the United States since 2014. The temporal association of enterovirus (EV) outbreaks with increases in AFM cases and reports of fever, respiratory, or gastrointestinal illness
Briese, Thomas +19 more
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