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Uptake and fecal excretion of Coxiella burnetii by Ixodes ricinus and Dermacentor marginatus ticks [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background The bacterium Coxiella burnetii is the etiological agent of Q fever and is mainly transmitted via inhalation of infectious aerosols. DNA of C.
Sophia Körner, Gustavo R. Makert, Katja Mertens-Scholz, Klaus Henning, Martin Pfeffer, Alexander Starke, Ard M. Nijhof, Sebastian Ulbert   +7 more
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Tick-borne pathogens in Finland: comparison of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus in sympatric and parapatric areas [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Almost 3500 tick samples, originally collected via a nationwide citizen science campaign in 2015, were screened to reveal the prevalence and distribution of a wide spectrum of established and putative tick-borne pathogens vectored by Ixodes ...
Maija Laaksonen, Tero Klemola, Eeva Feuth, Jani J. Sormunen, Anna Puisto, Satu Mäkelä, Ritva Penttinen, Kai Ruohomäki, Jari Hänninen, Ilari E. Sääksjärvi, Ilppo Vuorinen, Hein Sprong, Jukka Hytönen, Eero J. Vesterinen   +13 more
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Northward expansion of the thermal limit for the tick Ixodes ricinus over the past 40 years [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background The sheep tick Ixodes ricinus is the vector associated with the highest incidence of vector-borne disease in humans in Europe. Several studies have been published about the effect of future climate change on the potential distribution of I ...
Daniele Da Re, Gaëlle F. Gilson, Quentin Dalaiden, Hugues Goosse, René Bødker, Lene Jung Kjær, Nicholas H. Ogden, Roberto Rosà, Sophie O. Vanwambeke   +8 more
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Influence of tick age and land-use on Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. in Ixodes ricinus ticks from the Swabian Alb, Germany. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors
Weilage S, Chitimia-Dobler L, Müller M, Pfeffer M, Obiegala A.   +4 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Deep sequencing of 16 <i>Ixodes ricinus</i> ticks unveils insights into their interactions with endosymbionts. [PDF]

mSystems
Lesiczka PM, Azagi T, Krawczyk AI, Scott WT, Dirks RP, Simo L, Dobler G, Nijsse B, Schaap PJ, Sprong H, Koehorst JJ.   +10 more
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Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi (s.l.) in Ixodes ricinus ticks collected in Iceland. [PDF]

Parasit Vectors
Alfredsson M, Hansford K, Carter D, Sigurðardóttir H, Björnsdóttir ÞS, Pétursson HS, Pálsdóttir GR, Medlock JM.   +7 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Tick range expansion to higher elevations: does Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato facilitate the colonisation of marginal habitats?

BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Background Parasites can alter host and vector phenotype and thereby affect ecological processes in natural populations. Laboratory studies have suggested that Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, the causative agent of human Lyme borreliosis, may induce ...
Mélissa Lemoine, Luca Cornetti, Kevin Reeh, Barbara Tschirren   +3 more
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Genetic analysis challenges the presence of Ixodes inopinatus in Central Europe: development of a multiplex PCR to distinguish I. inopinatus from I. ricinus

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Ixodes ricinus is an important vector of several pathogens, primarily in Europe. Recently, Ixodes inopinatus was described from Spain, Portugal, and North Africa and then reported from several European countries.
Kristyna Hrazdilova, Ondrej Danek, Alena Hrbatova, Barbora Cervena, Eva Noskova, Peter Adamik, Jan Votypka, Andrei Daniel Mihalca, Mechouk Noureddine, David Modry, Ludek Zurek   +10 more
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Diverse tick-borne microorganisms identified in free-living ungulates in Slovakia [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Free-living ungulates are hosts of ixodid ticks and reservoirs of tick-borne microorganisms in central Europe and many regions around the world.
A Alberti, A Mysterud, A Nahayo, A Obiegala, A Ohlson, A Ortuňo, A Pereira, A Pereira, A Rizzoli, A Zintl, AO Michel, AS Faria, B Flaisz, B Skotarczak, B Víchová, BL Herwaldt, C Billinis, C Huhn, C Kiffner, C Kiffner, C Martin, C Silaghi, C Silaghi, C Silaghi, CA Becker, D Duh, D González-Barrio, D Hulinska, D Hulínská, D Žele, E Dorko, E Overzier, E Overzier, E Špitalská, E Špitalská, Elena Kocianová, Eva Špitalská, F Strle, F Veronesi, FCA Pacilly, H Polin, H Sprong, H Sprong, H-P Fuehrer, Hein Sprong, HK Hinaidy, HS Ginsberg, I Baráková, I Baráková, J García-Sanmartín, J Gray, J Hapunik, J Michalik, J Michalik, J Nosek, J Stańczak, J Řeháček, J Řeháček, JM Medlock, JM Rijks, JS Liz, JW Courtney, K Häselbarth, K Kurtenbach, K Reiterová, K Siuda, K Stefanidesova, K Strasek Smrdel, K Tamura, K Štefanidesová, KT Friedhoff, L Berthová, L Gilbert, L Lempereur, L Lempereur, L Malandrin, L Minichová, L Qviller, L Tomassone, Lenka Mahríková, Lenka Minichová, Leonhard Schnittger, M Adamska, M Battilani, M Derdáková, M Di Domenico, M Jouglin, M Kauffmann, M Kazimírová, M Maurin, M Petrovec, M Petrovec, M Pfäffle, M Salman, M Sawczuk, M Sawczuk, Manoj Fonville, MJ Yabsley, MO Andersson, MP Tampieri, Mária Kazimírová, N Saitou, NS Alexander, O Rosef, P Heyman, P Zeman, R Cézanne, R Galuppi, R Welc-Falęciak, Radoslav Caban, RC Galindo, RF Massung, RL Regnery, S Casati, S Hornok, S Hornok, S Hornok, S Jahfari, S Jahfari, S Kumar, S Schorn, S Stuen, S Stuen, S Stuen, S Zanet, SE Randolph, SE Randolph, T Dugat, T Dugat, T Kiss, T Vor, TR Hofmeester, U Mackenstedt, V Tagliapietra, V Černý, VV Ebani, VV Ebani, VV Ebani, VV Ebani, W Scharf, Z Hamšíková, Z Hamšíková, Z Hamšíková Svitálková, Z Woldehiwet, Zuzana Hamšíková, Ø Hammer, Ø Øines   +146 more
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Evaluation of cerebroprotective effect of Ricinus communis leaves against ischemia reperfusion injury in rats

Clinical Phytoscience, 2021
Background Ricinus communis (RC) has been used for a long time as natural origin medicine in the treatment of central nervous system ailments. This present study was designed to identify the possible role of Ricinus communis leaves extract against ...
Nesar Ahmad, Anuradha Mishra, Farogh Ahsan, Zafar Khan   +3 more
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