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Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in ticks collected from animals and the environment in Uganda

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 71, Issue 8, Page 869-875, December 2024.
Abstract Aims Coxiella burnetii is a highly infectious organism that is easily spread through aerosols causing Q fever in humans. Ticks can harbour and transmit C. burnetii to animals, contributing to disease maintenance. Our aim was to examine the presence of C. burnetii in ticks in Uganda.
Wilfred Eneku, Bernard Erima, Anatoli Maranda Byaruhanga, Nora Cleary, Gladys Atim, Titus Tugume, Qouilazoni Aquino Ukuli, Hannah Kibuuka, Edison Mworozi, Robert Tweyongyere, Christina E. Douglas, Jeffrey W. Koehler, Michael E. von Fricken, Fred Wabwire‐Mangen, Denis K. Byarugaba   +14 more
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Vector abundance and associated abiotic factors that influence the distribution of ticks in six provinces of South Africa [PDF]

Veterinary World
Background and Aim: Climatic conditions significantly impact the life stages and distribution patterns of ticks and tick-borne diseases. South Africa’s central plateau and various biomes offer a distinct landscape for studying the geography’s effects ...
Tsireledzo G. Makwarela, Appolinaire Djikeng, Tracy M. Masebe, Nyangiwe Nkululeko, Lucky T. Nesengani, Ntanganedzeni O. Mapholi   +5 more
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Farmer‐friendly delivery of veterinary services: Experimental insights from the Kenyan dairy sector

Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 75, Issue 3, Page 829-846, September 2024.
Abstract Poor health conditions of livestock cause sizeable losses for many farmers in the Global South. Veterinary services, including vaccinations, could help but often fail to reach farmers under typical smallholder conditions. Here, we examine how the provision of a vaccine against East Coast Fever (ECF)—a tick‐borne disease affecting cattle in ...
Kevin W. Maina, Martin C. Parlasca, Elizaphan J. O. Rao, Matin Qaim   +3 more
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Coxiella burnetii serostatus in dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) is associated with the presence of C. burnetii DNA in attached ticks in Laikipia County, Kenya

Zoonoses and Public Health, Volume 71, Issue 5, Page 503-514, August 2024.
Abstract Aims Q fever is a globally distributed, neglected zoonotic disease of conservation and public health importance, caused by the bacterium Coxiella burnetii. Coxiella burnetii normally causes subclinical infections in livestock, but may also cause reproductive pathology and spontaneous abortions in artiodactyl species.
Tess Rooney, Eric M. Fèvre, Jandouwe Villinger, Maris Brenn‐White, Charles O. Cummings, Daniel Chai, Joseph Kamau, Alice Kiyong'a, Dennis Getange, Dickens O. Ochieng, Velma Kivali, Dawn Zimmerman, Marieke Rosenbaum, Felicia B. Nutter, Sharon L. Deem   +14 more
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Immune functions of C‐type lectins in medical arthropods

Insect Science, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 652-662, June 2024.
C‐type lectins (CTLs) in mosquito vectors facilitate viral infection. Mosquito CTLs (mosGCTLs) bind to the viral envelope (E) proteins of the West Nile virus (WNV) (A), the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) (B), and the dengue virus (DENV) (c), thus enhancing viral entry into cells via membrane receptors such as mosPTP‐1. Abstract C‐type lectins (CTLs)
Zhihao Ming, Zhiqiang Chen, Hao Tong, Xia Zhou, Tingting Feng, Jianfeng Dai   +5 more
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Invasive cattle ticks in East Africa: morphological and molecular confirmation of the presence of Rhipicephalus microplus in south-eastern Uganda

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Rhipicephalus microplus, an invasive tick species of Asian origin and the main vector of Babesia species, is considered one of the most widespread ectoparasites of livestock.
Dennis Muhanguzi, Joseph Byaruhanga, Wilson Amanyire, Christian Ndekezi, Sylvester Ochwo, Joseph Nkamwesiga, Frank Norbert Mwiine, Robert Tweyongyere, Josephus Fourie, Maxime Madder, Theo Schetters, Ivan Horak, Nick Juleff, Frans Jongejan   +13 more
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Targeting Haemaphysalis longicornis serpin to prevent tick feeding and pathogen transmission

Insect Science, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 694-706, June 2024.
Fed nymphal Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks produce anticoagulant serpins (Hlserpin‐a and Hlserpin‐b) that aid tick feeding. Targeting these serpins through RNA interference or immunization significantly impairs tick feeding. Silencing Hlserpins also reduces Langat virus transmission from ticks to mice.
Tingting Feng, Hao Tong, Qianqian Zhang, Zhihao Ming, Zhenyu Song, Xia Zhou, Jianfeng Dai   +6 more
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Rhipicephalus appendiculatus: Variation in Size and Structure due to Nutrition [PDF]

Parasitology, 1913
In the course of our studies on species of Rhipicephalus, we have noted the great variability in size and structure observable in the genus. This variability has been a cause of much confusion in classification, as noted by Warburton (Parasitology, 1912, v. 1).
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Insights from entire mitochondrial genome sequences into the phylogeny of ticks of the genera Haemaphysalis and Archaeocroton with the elevation of the subgenus Alloceraea Schulze, 1919 back to the status of a genus

Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 189-204, June 2024.
We sequenced the entire mt genomes of three species of tick for the first time: Bothriocroton auruginans, B. hydrosauri and H. (Kaiseriana) novaeguineae, and we sequenced the 18S rRNA gene of B. hydrosauri and H. (Kaiseriana) bancrofti. In our phylogenetic trees, Alloceraea was the sister to Archaeocroton sphenodonti, from New Zealand; to the exclusion
Samuel Kelava, Dmitry A. Apanaskevich, Renfu Shao, Alexander W. Gofton, Ben J. Mans, Ernest J. M. Teo, Gerrut Norval, Dayana Barker, Ryo Nakao, Stephen C. Barker   +9 more
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Characterisation of putative novel tick viruses and zoonotic risk prediction

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 14, Issue 1, January 2024.
Tick‐borne viruses remain a substantial zoonotic risk worldwide, so knowledge of the diversity of tick viruses has potential health consequences. Through data mining and bioinformatic analyses of more than 37,800 public meta‐genomic and ‐transcriptomic data sets, we found five putative novel Alphatetra‐like viruses, four putative novel Orthomyxo‐like ...
Yuting Lin, David J. Pascall
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