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 ...
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Contact between soft tick vectors of African swine fever virus and invasive wild pigs in the southeastern USA [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground African swine fever virus is a transboundary pathogen of high economic impact to the global pork industry. Florida has multiple factors that contribute to the high risk of introduction of African swine fever virus (ASFV) including high levels ...
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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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Comparative vector competence of the Afrotropical soft tick Ornithodoros moubata and Palearctic species, O. erraticus and O. verrucosus, for African swine fever virus strains circulating in Eurasia. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 African swine fever (ASF) is a lethal hemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs and wild suids caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV), which threatens the swine industry globally.
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Successful Infection of Domestic Pigs by Ingestion of the European Soft Tick O. Erraticus That Fed on African Swine Fever Virus Infected Pig [PDF]
Viruses, 2020 African swine fever is a highly lethal hemorrhagic fever of Suidae, threatening pig production globally. Suidae can be infected by different ways like ingestion of contaminated feed, direct contact with infected animals or fomites, and biting by infected
Rémi Pereira De Oliveira +6 more
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Exploring the transcriptome of immature stages of Ornithodoros hermsi, the soft-tick vector of tick-borne relapsing fever [PDF]
Scientific ReportsBlood-feeding behavior has independently evolved in arthropods multiple times. Unlike hard ticks, soft ticks employ a rapid-feeding strategy for hematophagy, and there are comparatively limited studies on the transcriptomes of these organisms. This study
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No Experimental Evidence of Co-Feeding Transmission of African Swine Fever Virus between Ornithodoros Soft Ticks [PDF]
Pathogens, 2020 Ornithodoros soft ticks are the only known vector and reservoir of the African swine fever virus, a major lethal infectious disease of Suidae. The co-feeding event for virus transmission and maintenance among soft tick populations has been poorly ...
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Soft Tick Relapsing Fever — United States, 2012–2021 [PDF]
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 2023 Grace E Marx
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FIELD APPLICATION OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS VAR KURSTAKI DIPEL-2X) AGAINST SOFT AND HARD TICKS. [PDF]
Veterinary Medical Journal - Giza, 1997 Field application of Bacillus thruringiensis (B.t.) at.. kurstaki (Dipel-2X) against hard tick, oophilus annulatus and soft tick, Argas yersicargas) persicus was probed.
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Persian Journal of Acarology, 2022 Otobius megnini (Ixodida: Argasidae) is a cosmopolitan soft tick that parasitizes humans as well as domestic and wild animals. The larval and nymph stages of this tick usually feed by parasitizing in the ear canal. The material of this study consists of
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