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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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anti-tick vaccines to prevent tick-borne diseases in Europe [PDF]

, 2014
Ixodes ricinus transmits bacterial, protozoal and viral pathogens, causing disease and forming an increasing health concern in Europe. ANTIDotE is an European Commission funded consortium of seven institutes, which aims to identify and characterize tick ...
Anguita, Juan, Grubhoffer, Libor, Hajdušek, Ondřej, Havlíková, Sabina, Hovius, Joppe W.R., Klempa, Boris, Kopáček, Petr, Nijhof, Ard M., Rego, Ryan O. M., Rotter, Bjorn, Schetters, Theo P., Seemann, Ingar, Sprong, Hein, Trentelman, Jos, Winter, Peter, Šíma, Radek   +15 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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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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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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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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