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Upscaling the surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in the French Caribbean Islands [PDF]

, 2020
Despite the high burden of vector-borne disease in (sub)tropical areas, few information are available regarding the diversity of tick and tick-borne pathogens circulating in the Caribbean.
Albina, Emmanuel, Aprelon, Rosalie, Delannoy, Sabine, Devillers, Elodie, Galon, Clémence, Gondard, Mathilde, Moutailler, Sara, Pinarello, Valérie, Pradel, Jennifer, Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel   +9 more
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Tick-borne Relapsing Fever in Children in the North-west of Iran, Qazvin [PDF]

, 2012
Tick-borne Relapsing Fever in Children inthe North-west of Iran, Qazvin. Ayazi P1, Mahyar A2, Oveisi S3, Esmailzadehha N3, Nooroozi S2. Abstract Relapsing fever is caused by the Borrelia species of spirochetes.
Ayazi, Parviz, Mahyar, Abolfazl, Oveisi, Sonia, Esmailzadehha, Neda, Nooroozi, Sadralnesa   +4 more
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Comparison of the Bacterial Gut Microbiome of North American Triatoma spp. With and Without Trypanosoma cruzi

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020
Chagas disease, caused by the hemoflagellate protist Trypanosoma cruzi, affects nearly 6 million people worldwide, mainly in Latin America. Hematophagous triatomine insects (“kissing bugs”) are the primary vectors of T.
Allison E. Mann, Elizabeth A. Mitchell, Yan Zhang, Rachel Curtis-Robles, Santosh Thapa, Santosh Thapa, Santosh Thapa, Sarah A. Hamer, Michael S. Allen   +8 more
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Bacterial microbiomes of Ixodes scapularis ticks collected from Massachusetts and Texas, USA

BMC Microbiology, 2019
Background The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is the primary vector of the Lyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in North America. Though the tick is found across the eastern United States, Lyme disease is endemic to the northeast and upper ...
Santosh Thapa, Yan Zhang, Michael S. Allen   +2 more
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Distribution of tick-borne diseases in China [PDF]

, 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, Jin-Song Zhu, Ren-Hua Na, Shan-Shan Wei, Xian-Bo Wu   +4 more
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Emerging tick-borne infections in mainland China: an increasing public health threat [PDF]

, 2015
Since the beginning of the 1980s, 33 emerging tick-borne agents have been identified in mainland China, including eight species of spotted fever group rickettsiae, seven species in the family Anaplasmataceae, six genospecies in the complex Borrelia ...
Cao, Wu-Chun, Chen, Wan-Jun, Fang, Li-Qun, Gray, Gregory C., Jiang, Jia-Fu, Krause, Peter J., Li, Hao, Li, Xin-Lou, Liang, Song, Liu, Kun, Liu, Wei, Ma, Mai-Juan, Sun, Ruo-Xi, Sun, Ye, Yang, X. Frank, Yang, Yang, Yao, Hong-Wu, Zuo, Shu-Qing   +17 more
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Unexplained Recurrent Fevers and the Importance of Inquiring About Occupation: A Case Report [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION Many different tick-borne diseases are identified in various geographical areas throughout the United States. Ixodes scapularis tick-borne diseases can present unique diagnostic challenges because of their constellation of vague symptoms ...
Maru, DO, Poonam, Reese, MS4, Zachary
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Effects of temperature on bacterial microbiome composition in Ixodes scapularis ticks

MicrobiologyOpen, 2019
Ixodes scapularis, the blacklegged deer tick, is the principal vector of Lyme disease in North America. Environmental factors are known to influence regional and seasonal incidence of Lyme disease and possibly the endemicity of the disease to the ...
Santosh Thapa, Yan Zhang, Michael S. Allen   +2 more
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Epidemiological aspects of bovine trypanosomosis in an endemic focus of eastern Zambia: The role of trypanosome strain variability in disease pattern

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, 2012
Bovine trypanosomosis displays various epidemiological aspects in various areas. In some instances the disease has a high prevalence in animals with high impact on production whereas in other cases the disease has a low impact on production despite a ...
Justin Masumu, G. Tshilenge, V. Mbao
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Editorial for the Special Issue: “Tick-Borne Encephalitis”

Microorganisms, 2023
Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is a disease caused by the tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) [...]
Daniel Ruzek
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