Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. [PDF]
, 2020 The class Alphaproteobacteria is comprised of a diverse assemblage of Gram-negative bacteria that includes organisms of varying morphologies, physiologies and habitat preferences many of which are of clinical and ecological importance ...
Gronow, Sabine +9 more
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Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2016 Tick-borne rickettsioses nowadays present a significant health threat among emerging tick-borne infections. In the study, we screened a total of 997 questing adult Dermacentor reticulatus ticks (576 females and 421 males) collected in Southern Moravia (Czech Republic) from April to September of 2010 and 2011 for the presence of human pathogenic ...
Rudolf, Ivo +6 more
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High Prevalence and Low Diversity of Rickettsia in Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks, Central Europe
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022 We collected 1,671 Dermacentor reticulatus ticks from 17 locations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. We found 47.9% overall prevalence of Rickettsia species in ticks over all locations.
Alena Balážová +4 more
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Seasonal distribution of Rickettsia spp. in ticks in northeast Algeria
New Microbes and New Infections, 2019 This article discusses research conducted on the sampling of two tick species: Ixodes ricinus and Rhipicephalus bursa. Ticks were collected in northern Algeria (El Tarf) in 2014 and studied for differences in abundance and seasonal distribution of ...
L. Dib +5 more
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Host-feeding behaviour of Dermacentor reticulatus and Dermacentor marginatus in mono-specific and inter-specific infestations [PDF]
, 2015 BACKGROUND: Given the sympatric occurrence in some regions of Europe and the great epidemiological significance of D. reticulatus and D. marginatus species, we investigated the behaviour of these ticks during inter-specific and mono-specific host ...
Alicja Buczek +3 more
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Spotted fever group rickettsiae in hard ticks in eastern and southern Kazakhstan
Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023 Infections with spotted fever group rickettsiae represent a worldwide health problem, characterized by persistent high fever, headache, and rash in humans, domestic animals, and wildlife.
Qiaoyan Dong +9 more
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The role of wild canids and felids in spreading parasites to dogs and cats in Europe. Part I: Protozoa and tick-borne agents. [PDF]
, 2015 Over the last few decades, the world has witnessed radical changes in climate, landscape, and ecosystems. These events, together with other factors such as increasing illegal wildlife trade and changing human behaviour towards wildlife, are resulting ...
Brianti, Emanuele +8 more
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Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2017 Occurrence of co-infections with various pathogens in ixodid ticks creates a risk of increased severity of tick-borne diseases in humans and animals exposed to bite of the ticks carrying multiple pathogens.
Violetta Zając +9 more
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Geospatial Analysis of Rickettsial Species [PDF]
, 2019 Rickettsia species are obligate intracellular, arthropod-borne bacteria with a potential to cause multiple diseases including Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF).
Frank, Amy
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Spotted fever group rickettsiae in ticks of migratory birds in Romania [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Birds are important hosts and dispersers of parasitic arthropods and vector-borne zoonotic pathogens. Particularly migratory species may carry these parasites over long distances in short time periods.
Andrei Daniel Mihalca +6 more
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