Relapsing Fever Group Borreliae in Human-Biting Soft Ticks, Brazil. [PDF]
Emerg Infect Dis, 2021 We conducted a molecular survey for Borrelia spp. in Ornithodoros ticks previously reported as biting humans. We collected specimens in natural ecosystems and inside human dwellings in 6 states in Brazil.
Muñoz-Leal S +10 more
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Multiple Acquisitions of Pathogen-Derived Francisella Endosymbionts in Soft Ticks. [PDF]
Genome Biol Evol, 2018 Bacterial endosymbionts of ticks are of interest due to their close evolutionary relationships with tick-vectored pathogens. For instance, whereas many ticks contain Francisella-like endosymbionts (FLEs), others transmit the mammalian pathogen ...
Gerhart JG +5 more
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Ticks of Delaware revisited: an updated checklist of hard ticks (Ixodidae) and first records of soft ticks (Argasidae) in the First State. [PDF]
J Med EntomolIt has been more than three-quarters of a century since the inaugural report of Delaware’s ticks was published. To provide an updated checklist of tick species currently known to occur in Delaware, we reviewed the scientific literature, examined tick ...
Kennedy AC +7 more
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African Swine Fever Virus DNA in Soft Ticks, Senegal [PDF]
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007 African swine fever is a highly contagious disease of pigs in Africa. Although its persistence in Senegal may be caused by asymptomatic carriers involved in the domestic transmission cycle, we demonstrated that the soft tick Ornithodoros sonrai can be ...
Laurence Vial +5 more
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Pathogen and Host Associations of Soft Ticks Collected in South Texas
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic DiseasesBackground: Soft ticks (Family: Argasidae) are vectors of relapsing fever Borrelia in the United States and are potential vectors of African swine fever virus, a pathogen that could have a devastating effect on the U.S.
Sarah E. Mays Maestas +2 more
semanticscholar +4 more sources
Characterization of a strain of quaranfil virus isolated from soft ticks in India. Is quaranfil virus an unrecognized cause of disease in human and animals?" [PDF]
Heliyon, 2019 Mourya DT +6 more
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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 ...
Pereira De Oliveira R +5 more
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Genome Sequences of Three African Swine Fever Viruses of Genotypes I, III, and XXII from South Africa and Zambia, Isolated from Ornithodoros Soft Ticks. [PDF]
Microbiol Resour Announc, 2020 Here, we report the draft genome sequences of three African swine fever viruses isolated from Ornithodoros soft ticks. Isolates LIV 5/40 (Zambia), SPEC 57 (South Africa), and RSA/2/2008 (South Africa) belong to genotypes I, III, and XXII, respectively ...
Ndlovu S +7 more
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Identification of African swine fever virus-like elements in the soft tick genome provides insights into the virus’ evolution [PDF]
BMC Biology, 2020 Background African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a most devastating pathogen affecting swine. In 2007, ASFV was introduced into Eastern Europe where it continuously circulates and recently reached Western Europe and Asia, leading to a socio-economic crisis
Jan H. Forth +11 more
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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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