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Editorial: Soft ticks as parasites and vectors. [PDF]

Front Vet Sci, 2022
Soft ticks are interesting ectoparasites due to their ecological habits and unique blood-feeding biology. The wide-ranging nature of research into these parasites is reflected in the diverse set of papers captured in this special issue. Fundamental questions are addressed in the 9 articles included in this Research Topic that focuses on ecology, tick ...
Mans BJ, Venzal JM, Muñoz-Leal S.
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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 to investigate the micro-organisms associated with them.
Ndiaye EHI, Diarra AZ, Diouf FS, Bouganali C, Almeras L, Sokhna C, Diatta G, Parola P.   +7 more
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Study on Presence of Borrelia persica in Soft Ticks in Western Iran

Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases, 2010
Background: A molecular survey was conducted to investigatethe presence of pathogenic Borrelia persica species caus­ing the tick borne relapsing fever (TBRF) in Takistan district Qazvin Province, western Iran.
A Barmaki, J Rafinejad, H Vatandoost, Z Telmadarraiy, F Mohtarami, SH Leghaei, MA Oshaghi   +6 more
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Rickettsia lusitaniae in Ornithodoros Porcinus Ticks, Zambia

Pathogens, 2021
Rickettsial pathogens are amongst the emerging and re-emerging vector-borne zoonoses of public health importance. Though traditionally considered to be transmitted by ixodid ticks, the role of argasid ticks as vectors of these pathogens is increasingly ...
Simbarashe Chitanga, Herman M. Chambaro, Lavel C. Moonga, Kyoko Hayashida, Junya Yamagishi, Walter Muleya, Katendi Changula, Benjamin Mubemba, Manyando Simbotwe, David Squarre, Paul Fandamu, King S. Nalubamba, Yongjin Qiu, Sawa Hirofumi, Edgar Simulundu   +14 more
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Quantification of ASFV DNA and RNA in Ornithodoros Soft Ticks

, 2022
Molecular biology methods are highly sensitive to detect the genome of pathogens and to study their biology. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and reverse transcription followed by a polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) permit the detection of the presence and the replication of African swine fever virus in soft ticks.
Pereira de Oliveira, Rémi, Vial, Laurence, Le Potier, Marie-Frédérique   +2 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 Francisella tularensis.
Gerhart JG, Auguste Dutcher H, Brenner AE, Moses AS, Grubhoffer L, Raghavan R.   +5 more
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Trypanosoma vespertilionis detected but not Spiroplasma ixodetis in Carios vespertilionis (short-legged bat ticks) collected in Sweden

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
From a One Health perspective, ticks play a key role as vectors of infectious agents, whereas bats can act both as hosts for ticks and as reservoirs of the agents, thereby contributing to transmission of infection.
Hanna Hägring, Ella Hällnäs, Per-Eric Lindgren, Malin Lager, Peter Wilhelmsson   +4 more
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Pathogen and Host Associations of Soft Ticks Collected in South Texas [PDF]

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases
Background: 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, Lauren P. Maestas, Phillip E. Kaufman   +2 more
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Inventory and update on argasid ticks and associated pathogens in Algeria

New Microbes and New Infections, 2018
Argasid ticks include vectors of relapsing fevers caused by Borrelia spp. in humans, and they can transmit arboviruses and other bacterial pathogens. Knowledge about soft ticks (Ixodida: Argasidae) in Algeria is incomplete, and distribution data need to ...
I. Lafri, W. Benredjem, F. Neffah-Baaziz, R. Lalout, K. Abdelouahed, B. Gassen, S. Bakhouch, M. Chergui, M. Karakellah, H. Adjmi-Hamoudi, I. Bitam   +10 more
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Borrelia circulating in soft ticks infesting colonial breeding seabirds along the Portuguese coast

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases
Seabirds are hosts of several tick species, but there is little information on their infestation by soft ticks and pathogens they harbour is available.
Ana Cláudia Norte, Maria Sofia Núncio, Maria Teresa Luz, Paulo Parreira, Jorge Pereira, Adriana Sofia Domingues, Maria Inês Laranjeiro, Sara Veríssimo, Ivo dos Santos, Catarina Santos Lopes, Filipe Rafael Ceia, Vítor Hugo Paiva, Jaime Albino Ramos, Isabel Lopes de Carvalho   +13 more
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