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Ornithodoros sonrai Soft Ticks and Associated Bacteria in Senegal. [PDF]

Pathogens, 2023
The soft ticks, Ornithodoros sonrai, are known as vectors of the tick-borne relapsing fever caused by Borrelia spp. and have also been reported to carry other micro-organisms. The objective of this study was to collect and to identify O. sonrai ticks and
Ndiaye EHI, Diarra AZ, Diouf FS, Bouganali C, Almeras L, Sokhna C, Diatta G, Parola P.   +7 more
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A comparison of manual and carbon dioxide trap sampling of Ornithodoros soft ticks from warthog resting sites in South Africa [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors
Background In East and Southern Africa, the African swine fever (ASF) virus is maintained in an ancient sylvatic cycle involving warthogs (Phacochoerus spp.) and Ornithodoros soft ticks inhabiting warthog burrows. Although carbon dioxide (CO2) traps have
Cynthia Mapendere, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Etter Eric, Livio Heath, Ferran Jori   +4 more
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Anti-tick vaccine candidate subolesin is important for blood feeding and innate immune gene expression in soft ticks. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
Subolesin is a conserved molecule in both hard and soft ticks and is considered as an effective candidate molecule for the development of anti-tick vaccine. Previous studies have reported the role of subolesin in blood feeding, reproduction, development,
Krittika Nandy, Comfort Tamakloe, Daniel E Sonenshine, Hameeda Sultana, Girish Neelakanta   +4 more
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Mating, Sperm Transfer and Oviposition in Soft Ticks (Acari: Argasidae), a Review [PDF]

Pathogens, 2023
This review addresses the physiology and behavioral events involved in the reproduction of soft ticks (family Argasidae), with special attention to the events of their adult life: mating, sperm transfer and egg-laying.
Julian G. Shepherd
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Editorial: Soft ticks as parasites and vectors. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci, 2022
COPYRIGHT © 2022 Mans, Venzal and Muñoz-Leal. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(
Mans BJ, Venzal JM, Muñoz-Leal S.
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Differential vector competence of Ornithodoros soft ticks for African swine fever virus: What if it involves more than just crossing organic barriers in ticks? [PDF]

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Several species of soft ticks in genus Ornithodoros are known vectors and reservoirs of African swine fever virus (ASFV). However, the underlying mechanisms of vector competence for ASFV across Ornithodoros species remain to be fully ...
Rémi Pereira De Oliveira, Evelyne Hutet, Renaud Lancelot, Frédéric Paboeuf, Maxime Duhayon, Fernando Boinas, Adalberto A. Pérez de León, Serhii Filatov, Marie-Frédérique Le Potier, Laurence Vial   +9 more
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Molecular analysis of Anaplasma ovis, Theileria ovis and Brucella abortus in adult Ornithodoros lahorensis soft ticks (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae) isolated from the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China [PDF]

Journal of Veterinary Research
Ticks are obligate blood-feeding arthropods that cause significant economic losses in domestic animal husbandry and threaten public health. However, information about soft ticks (Acari: Argasidae) and tick-borne pathogens in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Liu Dandan, Wang Jinming, Liu Yutong, Wang Shuiyi, Zhu Huiru, Jiang Bingbing, Li Yongchang, Zhang Yang, Chahan Bayin, Zhang Wei   +9 more
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Study on Hard and Soft Ticks of Domestic and Wild Animals in Western Iran [PDF]

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2023
Background: Ticks are blood-sucking ectoparasites of many vertebrates and act as vectors of a wide range of vector-borne diseases. Alongside pathogens transmission, ticks also cause economic losses in animal industry such as produc­tion loss, physical ...
Zakkyeh Telmadarraiy, Habibollah Kooshki, Hamideh Edalat, Hassan Vatandoost, Hassan Bakhshi, Faezeh Faghihi, Asadollah Hosseini-Chegeni, Mohammad Ali Oshaghi   +7 more
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Use of a mouse model for the isolation of Borrelia puertoricensis from soft ticks. [PDF]

PLoS One
The isolation of tick-borne relapsing fever (TBRF) spirochetes has proven to be a useful tool to understand their distribution in geographic areas where the tick vectors inhabit.
Vázquez-Guerrero E, Kneubehl AR, Reyes-Solís GC, Machain-Williams C, Krishnavajhala A, Estrada-de Los Santos P, Lopez JE, Ibarra JA.   +7 more
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Comparison of salivary gland and midgut microbiome in the soft ticks Ornithodoros erraticus and Ornithodoros moubata. [PDF]

Front Microbiol, 2023
Introduction Ornithodoros erraticus and Ornithodoros moubata are the main vectors of African swine fever virus (ASFV) and the human relapsing fever spirochetes Borrelia hispanica and Borrelia crocidurae in the Mediterranean region and Borrelia duttoni in
Piloto-Sardiñas E, Cano-Argüelles AL, Maitre A, Wu-Chuang A, Mateos-Hernández L, Corduneanu A, Obregón D, Oleaga A, Pérez-Sánchez R, Cabezas-Cruz A.   +9 more
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