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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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Geographical distribution and pathogenesis of ticks and tick-borne viral diseases

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Ticks are obligatory hematophagous arthropods that harbor and transmit infectious pathogens to humans and animals. Tick species belonging to Amblyomma, Ixodes, Dermacentor, and Hyalomma genera may transmit certain viruses such as Bourbon virus (BRBV ...
Taif Shah, Qian Li, Binghui Wang, Z. Baloch, Xueshan Xia   +4 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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Tick-Borne Encephalitis—Review of the Current Status

Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2023
The tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is the arboviral etiological agent of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), considered to be one of the most important tick-borne viral diseases in Europe and Asia. In recent years, an increase in the incidence of TBE as
M. Kwaśnik, J. Rola, W. Rożek
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Induction of humoral immune response to multiple recombinant Rhipicephalus appendiculatus antigens and their effect on tick feeding success and pathogen transmission [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Rhipicephalus appendiculatus is the primary vector of Theileria parva, the etiological agent of East Coast fever (ECF), a devastating disease of cattle in sub-Saharan Africa.
A Musoke, A Musoke, AR Trimnell, AR Trimnell, AR Walker, AS Bowman, AS Young, AS Young, B Minjauw, C Almazán, C Almazán, C Almazán, C Almazán, CA Ferreira, Cassandra L. Olds, CL Schwartzkoff, Claudia Daubenberger, David O. Odongo, DO Odongo, DO Odongo, G Büscher, GC Paesen, GJ Rowlands, Glen A. Scoles, H Ochanda, I Couillin, J Fuente de la, J Fuente de la, J Fuente de la, J Fuente de la, J Fuente de la, J Katende, JD Hunt, JD Hunt, JG Valenzuela, JH Pruett, JM Ribeiro, JO Adejinmi, K Bailey, KM Kocan, M Labuda, M Saimo, M Shakya, MP Szabó, NA Steen, NH Ogden, O Merino, O Merino, P Willadsen, P Willadsen, P Willadsen, PG Toye, R Bishop, R Bishop, RA Skilton, RAI Norval, RC Galindo, Richard Bishop, S Havlíková, SK Wikel, Stephen Mwaura, T Bazarusanga, T Schetters, TT Dolan, V Nene, Z Zivkovic   +65 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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Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, and Control of a Tick-Borne Disease- Kyasanur Forest Disease: Current Status and Future Directions

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018
In South Asia, Haemaphysalis spinigera tick transmits Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus (KFDV), a flavivirus that causes severe hemorrhagic fever with neurological manifestations such as mental disturbances, severe headache, tremors, and vision deficits in ...
S. Z. Shah, B. Jabbar, N. Ahmed, Anum Rehman, Hira Nasir, Sarooj Nadeem, Iqra Jabbar, Z. Rahman, S. Azam   +8 more
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The Tick-Borne Pathogens: An Overview of China’s Situation

Acta Parasitologica, 2023
Background Ticks are important medical arthropods that can transmit hundreds of pathogens, such as parasites, bacteria, and viruses, leading to serious public health burdens worldwide.
Yuxuan Luan, Jing-min Gou, Dongjie Zhong, Li Ma, Chuansong Yin, Minfeng Shu, Guangyuan Liu, Q. Lin   +7 more
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Borrelia Diversity and Co-infection with Other Tick Borne Pathogens in Ticks [PDF]

, 2017
Identifying Borrelia burgdorferi as the causative agent of Lyme disease in 1981 was a watershed moment in understanding the major impact that tick-borne zoonoses can have on public health worldwide, particularly in Europe and the USA.
Andrei D. Mihalca, Cristian Raileanu, Daniela Porea, Gheorghe Savuta, Ionuţ Pavel, Muriel Vayssier-Taussat, Sara Moutailler   +6 more
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