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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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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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The General Symptom Questionnaire-30 (GSQ-30): A Brief Measure of Multi-System Symptom Burden in Lyme Disease

Frontiers in Medicine, 2019
Introduction: The multi-system symptoms accompanying acute and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome pose a challenge for time-limited assessment. The General Symptom Questionnaire (GSQ-30) was developed to fill the need for a brief patient-reported ...
Brian A. Fallon, Brian A. Fallon, Nevena Zubcevik, Nevena Zubcevik, Clair Bennett, Clair Bennett, Shreya Doshi, Shreya Doshi, Alison W. Rebman, Ronit Kishon, Ronit Kishon, James R. Moeller, James R. Moeller, Nadlyne R. Octavien, John N. Aucott   +14 more
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Epidemiology of Lyme Disease

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1991
Investigation of the epidemiology of Lyme disease depends upon information generated from several sources. Human disease surveillance can be conducted by both passive and active means involving physicians, public health agencies and laboratories. Passive
Dennis J White
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Redox Imbalance and Its Metabolic Consequences in Tick-Borne Diseases

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
One of the growing global health problems are vector-borne diseases, including tick-borne diseases. The most common tick-borne diseases include Lyme disease, tick-borne encephalitis, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, and babesiosis.
Monika Groth, Elżbieta Skrzydlewska, Marta Dobrzyńska, Sławomir Pancewicz, Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska   +4 more
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Capture Sequencing Enables Sensitive Detection of Tick-Borne Agents in Human Blood

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Assay sensitivity can be a limiting factor in the use of PCR as a tool for the detection of tick-borne pathogens in blood. We evaluated the performance of Tick-borne disease Capture Sequencing Assay (TBDCapSeq), a capture sequencing assay targeting tick ...
Santiago Sanchez-Vicente, Komal Jain, Teresa Tagliafierro, Alper Gokden, Vishal Kapoor, Cheng Guo, Elizabeth J. Horn, W. Ian Lipkin, W. Ian Lipkin, Rafal Tokarz, Rafal Tokarz   +10 more
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Comorbid infections induce progression of visceral leishmaniasis

Parasites & Vectors, 2019
Background Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a vector borne zoonotic disease endemic in humans and dogs in Brazil. Due to the increased risk of human infection secondary to the presence of infected dogs, public health measures in Brazil mandate testing and ...
Angela J. Toepp, Glória R. G. Monteiro, José F. V. Coutinho, Adam Leal Lima, Mandy Larson, Geneva Wilson, Tara Grinnage-Pulley, Carolyne Bennett, Kurayi Mahachi, Bryan Anderson, Marie V. Ozanne, Michael Anderson, Hailie Fowler, Molly Parrish, Kelsey Willardson, Jill Saucier, Phyllis Tyrell, Zachary Palmer, Jesse Buch, Ramaswamy Chandrashekar, Grant D. Brown, Jacob J. Oleson, Selma M. B. Jeronimo, Christine A. Petersen   +23 more
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