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Acute febrile illness is associated with Rickettsia spp infection in dogs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Rickettsia conorii is transmitted by Rhipicephalus sanguineus ticks and causes Mediterranean Spotted Fever (MSF) in humans. Although dogs are considered the natural host of the vector, the clinical and epidemiological significance of R ...
A Cascio   +69 more
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Tick-borne pathogens and the vector potential of ticks in China

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2015
Ticks, as obligate blood-sucking ectoparasites, attack a broad range of vertebrates and transmit a great diversity of pathogenic microorganisms. They are considered second only to mosquitoes as vectors of human disease, and the most important vector of ...
Zhijun Yu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human infections associated with wild birds. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
IntroductionWild birds and especially migratory species can become long-distance vectors for a wide range of microorganisms. The objective of the current paper is to summarize available literature on pathogens causing human disease that have been ...
Bauchinger, Ulf   +4 more
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Clinical and epidemiological features of tick-borne encephalitis in adults in Novosibirsk in 2014-2023

open access: yesЛечащий Врач
Background. Fundamental differences in the scale, overall picture of tick-borne encephalitis, the structure and quality of its clinical variants determine the need for regular analytical work and competent dynamic accounting of clinical, epidemiological ...
Yu. V. Kazakova   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bayesian data assimilation provides rapid decision support for vector-borne diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Predicting the spread of vector-borne diseases in response to incursions requires knowledge of both host and vector demographics in advance of an outbreak.
Brown, Richard, Jewell, Chris
core   +2 more sources

Primary blood-hosts of mosquitoes are influenced by social and ecological conditions in a complex urban landscape

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Temperate urban landscapes support persistent and growing populations of Culex and Aedes mosquito vectors. Large urban mosquito populations can represent a significant risk for transmission of emergent arboviral infection.
Heather Goodman   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metagenomic-based Surveillance of Pacific Coast tick Dermacentor occidentalis Identifies Two Novel Bunyaviruses and an Emerging Human Ricksettsial Pathogen. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
An increasing number of emerging tick-borne diseases has been reported in the United States since the 1970s. Using metagenomic next generation sequencing, we detected nucleic acid sequences from 2 novel viruses in the family Bunyaviridae and an emerging ...
Bouquet, Jerome   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection and effect on lamb growth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background: A major challenge in sheep farming during the grazing season along the coast of south-western Norway is tick-borne fever (TBF) caused by the bacteria Anaplasma phagocytophilum that is transmitted by the tick Ixodes ricinus.
E Lindgren   +38 more
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Effects of Coinfection on the Dynamics of Two Pathogens in a Tick-Host Infection Model

open access: yesComplexity, 2020
As both ticks and hosts may carry one or more pathogens, the phenomenon of coinfection of multiple tick-borne diseases becomes highly relevant and plays a key role in tick-borne disease transmission.
Bei Sun, Xue Zhang, Marco Tosato
doaj   +1 more source

Heartwater surveillance in Guadeloupe: a model of partnership between research and surveillance for the Caribbean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Heartwater, a tick-borne disease of ruminants transmitted by Amblyomma ticks is present in 3 Caribbean islands: Guadeloupe, Marie-Galante and Antigua, representing a threat for neighboring islands and North America.
Faverjon, Céline   +7 more
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