Impacts Over Time of Neighborhood-Scale Interventions to Control Ticks and Tick-Borne Disease Incidence. [PDF]
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, 2023 Background: Controlling populations of ticks with biological or chemical acaricides is often advocated as a means of reducing human exposure to tick-borne diseases.
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Trends and Opportunities in Tick-Borne Disease Geography. [PDF]
J Med Entomol, 2021 Tick-borne diseases are a growing problem in many parts of the world, and their surveillance and control touch on challenging issues in medical entomology, agricultural health, veterinary medicine, and biosecurity.
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One Health Approach to Tick and Tick-Borne Disease Surveillance in the United Kingdom. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2022 Where ticks are found, tick-borne diseases can present a threat to human and animal health. The aetiology of many of these important diseases, including Lyme disease, bovine babesiosis, tick-borne fever and louping ill, have been known for decades whilst
Johnson N +6 more
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Babesiosis in Southeastern, Central and Northeastern Europe: An Emerging and Re-Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Humans and Animals. [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2022 There is now considerable evidence that in Europe, babesiosis is an emerging infectious disease, with some of the causative species spreading as a consequence of the increasing range of their tick vector hosts.
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Tick-borne disease (babesiosis). [PDF]
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent), 2020 Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that shares the Lyme disease tick vector. Prompt microbiological smear examination and a parasitemia index guide further therapy. In severe cases with a parasitemia index >10%, exchange transfusion should be carried out quickly, along with administration of antibiotics, to prevent death and improve patient outcomes. A
Jain H, Singh G, Mahapatra R.
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Distribution and prevalence of ticks and tick-borne disease on sheep and cattle farms in Great Britain. [PDF]
Parasit Vectors, 2020 The most abundant and widespread tick species in Great Britain, Ixodes ricinus, is responsible for the transmission of a range of pathogens that cause disease in livestock.
Lihou K, Rose Vineer H, Wall R.
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The Impact of Tick-Borne Diseases on the Bone [PDF]
Microorganisms, 2021 Tick-borne infectious diseases can affect many tissues and organs including bone, one of the most multifunctional structures in the human body. There is a scarcity of data regarding the impact of tick-borne pathogens on bone.
Imran Farooq, Tara J. Moriarty
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Behavioral and cognitive factors influencing tick-borne disease risk in northeast China: Implications for prevention and control strategies [PDF]
One HealthThe growth in ecotourism and nature-based recreational activities in China has resulted in an increased frequency of visits to green spaces, thereby elevating exposure to ticks and the subsequent risk of tick-borne diseases.
Ruying Fang +5 more
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An Emerging Tick-Borne Disease of Humans Is Caused by a Subset of Strains with Conserved Genome Structure [PDF]
Pathogens, 2013 The prevalence of tick-borne diseases is increasing worldwide. One such emerging disease is human anaplasmosis. The causative organism, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, is known to infect multiple animal species and cause human fatalities in the U.S., Europe ...
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Distribution of tick-borne diseases in China [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2013 As an important contributor to vector-borne diseases in China, in recent years, tick-borne diseases have attracted much attention because of their increasing incidence and consequent significant harm to livestock and human health.
Hong-Juan Peng +4 more
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