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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a large double-stranded DNA virus and causes high mortality in swine. ASFV can be transmitted by biological vectors, including soft ticks in genus Ornithodoros but not hard ticks.
Jingjing Wang +17 more
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bioRxiv, 2020 Background African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the only known DNA-arbovirus and a most devastating suid pathogen that, originating from a sylvatic cycle in Africa, has spread to eastern Europe and recently reached western Europe and Asia, leading to a ...
J. Forth +11 more
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The Singing Insects of Michigan [PDF]
, 2017 Excerpt: The so-called singing insects are all those that make loud, rhythmical noises. They include members of three groups of Orthoptera (Gryllidae, Tettigoniidae, and Acridoidea) and one family of Homoptera (Cicadidae).
Alexander, Richard D. +2 more
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Study on the role of the sylvatic cycle of African swine fever in Senegal [PDF]
, 2009 It is generally believed that African swine fever (ASF) virus in Sub-Saharan Africa is maintained in nature by warthogs (Phacochoerus africanus) and soft ticks from the genus Ornithodoros (Penrith et al., 2004).
Akakpo, A.J. +6 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing and phenotypic exploration in nontuberculous mycobacteria. In this Research Protocol, we describe approaches to control, monitor, and quantitatively assess CRISPRI‐mediated gene silencing in M. smegmatis and M. abscessus model organisms.
Vanessa Point +7 more
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Differential Expression of Putative Ornithodoros turicata Defensins Mediated by Tick Feeding
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Additional research on soft ticks in the family Argasidae is needed to bridge the knowledge gap relative to hard ticks of the family Ixodidae; especially, the molecular mechanisms of Ornithodoros biology.
Brittany A. Armstrong +9 more
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Defensins as a promising class of tick antimicrobial peptides: a scoping review
Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2022 Background Ticks are hematophagous parasites that transmit an extensive range of pathogens to their vertebrate hosts. Ticks can destroy invading microorganisms or alleviate infection via their rudimentary but orchestrated innate immune system ...
Jiahui Wu +9 more
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Influence of endosymbionts on the reproductive fitness of the tick Ornithodoros moubata
Peer Community Journal, 2023 Over the past decade, many studies have demonstrated the crucial role of the tick microbiome in tick biology. The soft tick Ornithodoros moubata is a hematophagous ectoparasite of Suidae, best known for transmitting the African swine fever virus.
Taraveau, Florian +4 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The layer‐by‐layer (LbL) assembly of coordination solids, enabled by the surface‐mounted metal‐organic framework (SURMOF) platform, is on the cusp of generating the organic counterpart of the epitaxy of inorganics. The programmable and sequential SURMOF protocol, optimized by machine learning (ML), is suited for accessing high‐quality thin films of ...
Zhengtao Xu +2 more
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Hard tick species of livestock and their bioecology in Golestan Province, North of Iran [PDF]
, 2013 Background: A survey on tick species composition was carried out in Golestan Province Iran during year 2010- 2011.The aim was to determine tick species parasitizing domestic ruminants and their seasonal population dynamics. Methods: A total of 124 sheep,
Gorganli-Davaji, A. +4 more
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