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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Ticks of genus Ornithodoros are nidicolous parasites associated with a wide array of vertebrates. In humans, their bites cause hypersensitivity reactions and are capable to transmit pathogens of health concern.
Yesica López +8 more
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On the haem auxotrophy of the soft tick Ornithodoros moubata
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2023 Genomes of ticks display reductions, to various extents, in genetic coding for enzymes of the haem biosynthetic pathway. Here, we mined available transcriptomes of soft tick species and identified transcripts encoding only half of the enzymes involved in haem biosynthesis.
Tereza Hatalová +3 more
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Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae): first description of the male, immature stages and re-description of the female. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Nuttalliella namaqua is the only species of the enigmatic third tick family. Females possess features of hard and soft ticks and have been designated as the "missing link" between the main tick families. Its position at the base of the tick tree suggests
Abdalla A Latif +4 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 The ecology and host feeding patterns of many soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) remain poorly understood. To address soft tick–host feeding associations, we fed Ornithodoros turicata Dugès on multiple host species and evaluated quantitative PCR (qPCR) and ...
Hee J. Kim +4 more
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The mitochondrial genomes of Nuttalliella namaqua (Ixodoidea: Nuttalliellidae) and Argas africolumbae (Ixodoidae: Argasidae): estimation of divergence dates for the major tick lineages and reconstruction of ancestral blood-feeding characters. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Ixodida are composed of hard (Ixodidae), soft (Argasidae) and the monotypic Nuttalliellidae (Nuttalliella namaqua) tick families. Nuclear 18S rRNA analysis suggested that N.
Ben J Mans +4 more
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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Tick-host bloodmeal associations are important factors when characterizing risks of associated pathogen transmission and applying appropriate management strategies.
Rachel E. Busselman +15 more
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Development of vaccines against Ornithodoros soft ticks: An update [PDF]
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2015 Ticks are parasites of great medical and veterinary importance since they are vectors of numerous pathogens that affect humans, livestock and pets. Among the argasids, several species of the genus Ornithodoros transmit serious diseases such as tick-borne human relapsing fever (TBRF) and African Swine Fever (ASF).
Díaz Martín, Verónica +4 more
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Maternal Care in the Soft Tick Antricola marginatus
Journal of Parasitology, 2012 Among spiders, scorpions, and whip spiders, a common type of maternal care consists of females carrying newly hatched offspring on their body for a few days until they are able to live independently. While this maternal care has been suggested to occur in different argasid tick species, it has been recorded only once, for Antricola marginatus in Cuba ...
Labruna, M. B. +3 more
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Otobius megnini (Acari: Argasidae) in Iran: exotic or established?
Persian Journal of Acarology, 2018 Otobius megnini is a tick species which it's larvae and nymphs feed deep in the external ear canal of a variety of ungulates. In this study, twelve adult and four nymph specimens were collected from cattle hosts in Sistan and Baluchestan, and Hamedan ...
Asadollah Hosseini Chegeni +3 more
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African Swine Fever Virus: An Emerging DNA Arbovirus
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the sole member of the family Asfarviridae, and the only known DNA arbovirus. Since its identification in Kenya in 1921, ASFV has remained endemic in Africa, maintained in a sylvatic cycle between Ornithodoros soft ...
Natasha N. Gaudreault +4 more
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