Genetic characterization of African swine fever virus isolates from soft ticks at the wildlife/domestic interface in Mozambique and identification of a novel genotype. [PDF]
Transbound Emerg Dis, 2018 Summary African swine fever virus (ASFV) is one of the most threatening infectious diseases of pigs. There are not sufficient data to indicate the importance of the sylvatic cycle in the spread and maintenance of the disease locally and potentially ...
Quembo CJ, Jori F, Vosloo W, Heath L.
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Soft ticks perform evaporative cooling during blood-feeding [PDF]
Journal of Insect Physiology, 2020 Feeding on the blood of warm-blooded vertebrates is associated to thermal stress in haematophagous arthropods. It has been demonstrated that blood-sucking insects protect their physiological integrity either by synthesising heat-shock proteins or by ...
C. Lazzari +4 more
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"Distribution of Soft Ticks and Their Infection with Borrelia in Hamadan Province, Iran" [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2003 Tick-borne diseases like tick-borne relapsing fever are a public health problem in Iran. Its occurrence is more prevalent in north part of country. In order to determine the distribution of soft ticks, Argasidae, and their infection with Borrelia species
H Vatandoost +9 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 African swine fever (ASF) is a lethal hemorrhagic disease in domestic pigs and wild suids caused by African swine fever virus (ASFV), which threatens the swine industry globally.
Rémi Pereira de Oliveira +8 more
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Identification and genetic characterization of Xiabuqu River virus: A novel member of the Iflaviridae family detected in soft ticks from Tibet, China [PDF]
Virus ResearchSoft ticks, an important group of blood-sucking arthropods in nature, are widely distributed globally and can carry a wide range of pathogens, including Theileria ovis, Anaplasma ovis, Rickettsia spp. and African swine fever virus.
Meixi Ren +7 more
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Prevalence and Identification of Livestock Tick by Sex Ratio and Host in Tehran Province [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceBackground Ticks are major ectoparasites affecting livestock health and productivity. Their sex ratio and host specificity influence pathogen transmission.
Dr. Ebrahim Abbasi
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Insights into the Regulatory Roles of miRNAs in the Salivary Glands of the Soft Ticks <i>Ornithodoros moubata</i> and <i>Ornithodoros erraticus</i>. [PDF]
PathogensCano-Argüelles AL +5 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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Contact between soft tick vectors of African swine fever virus and invasive wild pigs in the southeastern USA [PDF]
Parasites & VectorsBackground African swine fever virus is a transboundary pathogen of high economic impact to the global pork industry. Florida has multiple factors that contribute to the high risk of introduction of African swine fever virus (ASFV) including high levels ...
Samantha M. Wisely +5 more
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