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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

open access: yesOnderstepoort 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
doaj   +1 more source

Mice Against Ticks: an experimental community-guided effort to prevent tick-borne disease by altering the shared environment

open access: yesPhilosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2019
Mice Against Ticks is a community-guided ecological engineering project that aims to prevent tick-borne disease by using CRISPR-based genome editing to heritably immunize the white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus) responsible for infecting many ticks in
Joanna Buchthal   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Impact of co-infections in Lyme disease [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Lyme disease is one of the most frequent tick-borne diseases worldwide, it can be multi-systemic and insidious, in particular when it shows a chronic course.
Bergamo, Serena, Stinco, Giuseppe
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The General Symptom Questionnaire-30 (GSQ-30): A Brief Measure of Multi-System Symptom Burden in Lyme Disease

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +14 more
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Epidemiology of Lyme Disease

open access: yesCanadian 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
doaj   +1 more source

Redox Imbalance and Its Metabolic Consequences in Tick-Borne Diseases

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +4 more
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Geographical distribution and pathogenesis of ticks and tick-borne viral diseases

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Systematic review and meta-analysis of tick-borne disease risk factors in residential yards, neighborhoods, and beyond

open access: yesBMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
BackgroundExposure to blacklegged ticks Ixodes scapularis that transmit pathogens is thought to occur peri-domestically. However, the locations where people most frequently encounter infected ticks are not well characterized, leading to mixed messages ...
Ilya R. Fischhoff   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Tick-Borne Pathogens: An Overview of China’s Situation

open access: yesActa 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   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Capture Sequencing Enables Sensitive Detection of Tick-Borne Agents in Human Blood

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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