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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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Ticks and Tick-borne diseases in Ireland [PDF]

Irish Veterinary Journal, 2017
Throughout Europe interest in tick-borne agents is increasing, particularly with regard to those that can cause human disease. The reason for this is the apparent rise in the incidence of many tick-borne diseases (TBD's). While there has never been a national survey of ticks or TBD's in Ireland, the trend here appears to be the reverse with a decline ...
Zintl, Annetta, Moutailler, Sara, Stuart, Peter, Paredis, Linda, Dutraive, Justine, Gonzalez, Estelle, O'Connor, Jack, Devillers, Elodie, Good, Barbara, Omuireagain, Colm, de Waal, Theo, Morris, Fergal, Gray, Jeremy   +12 more
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Prevalence and spatial distribution of Theileria parva in cattle under crop-livestock farming systems in Tororo District, Eastern Uganda [PDF]

, 2014
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) present a major economic burden to communities across East Africa. Farmers in East Africa must use acaracides to target ticks and prevent transmission of tick-borne diseases such as anaplasmosis, babesiosis, cowdriosis and ...
Picozzi, Kim, Waiswa, Charles, Kabasa, John David, Jan Hatendorf, Dennis Muhanguzi, Susan Welburn, Charles Waiswa, John Kabasa, Hattendorf, Jan, Thrusfield, Michael, Welburn, Susan Christina, Muhanguzi, Dennis, Michael Thrusfield, Hatendorf, Jan, Kim Picozzi   +14 more
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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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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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Towards integrated control of East Cost fever, a devastating disease of cattle [PDF]

, 2013
Infection of cattle with the tick-borne apicomplexan parasite Theileria parva results in the fatal lympho-proliferative disease known as East Coast fever (ECF).
Olds, Cassandra Leah
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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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Experience of Lyme disease and preferences for precautions: A cross-sectional survey of UK patients [PDF]

, 2013
This article is made available through the Brunel Open Access Publishing Fund. Copyright @ 2013 Marcu et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http ...
David Uzzell, Konstantina Vasileiou, O'Connell, S, Uzzell, David, Julie Barnett, Barnett, J, Vasileiou, Konstantina, Susan O’Connell, Barnett, Julie, Afrodita Marcu, Marcu, A, Vasileiou, K, Marcu, Afrodita, O'Connell, Susan, Uzzell, D   +14 more
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