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Amblyomma hebraeum is the predominant tick species on goats in the Mnisi Community Area of Mpumalanga Province South Africa and is co-infected with Ehrlichia ruminantium and Rickettsia africae

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2020
Background In sub-Saharan Africa, Amblyomma ticks are vectors of heartwater disease in domestic ruminants, caused by the rickettsial pathogen Ehrlichia ruminantium.
Frans Jongejan   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

An Epidemiological Survey Regarding Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases among Livestock Owners in Punjab, Pakistan: A One Health Context

open access: yesPathogens, 2021
Recent global changes have led to an increase in the spread of ticks and tick-borne diseases (TBDs) affecting domestic ruminants and humans, with an annual loss of US $13.9–$18.7 billion.
Sabir Hussain   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multidisciplinary Management of Suspected Lyme Borreliosis: Clinical Features of 569 Patients, and Factors Associated with Recovery at 3 and 12 Months, a Prospective Cohort Study

open access: yesMicroorganisms, 2022
Introduction. Because patients with a suspicion of Lyme borreliosis (LB) may have experienced difficult care paths, the Tick-Borne Diseases Reference Center (TBD-RC) was started in 2017.
Alice Raffetin   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Neuropsychiatric Lyme Disease and Vagus Nerve Stimulation

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2023
Lyme disease, the most common tick-borne disease in the United States, is caused by infection with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi. While most patients with acute Lyme disease recover completely if treated with antibiotics shortly after the onset of ...
Nicholas Biniaz-Harris   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental determinants of the occurrence and activity of Ixodes ricinus ticks and the prevalence of tick-borne diseases in eastern Poland

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
Ixodes ricinus is the most widely distributed tick species in Europe. Mainly deciduous and mixed forests, pastures, and urban parks are habitats preferred by this species. I.
Zbigniew Zając   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases in Central America and the Caribbean: A One Health Perspective

open access: yesPathogens, 2021
Ticks have complex life cycles which involve blood-feeding stages found on wild and domestic animals, with humans as accidental hosts. At each blood-feeding stage, ticks can transmit and/or acquire pathogens from their hosts.
Roxanne Charles   +11 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tick-borne disease (babesiosis)

open access: greenBaylor University Medical Center Proceedings, 2020
Babesiosis is a tick-borne disease that shares the Lyme disease tick vector. Prompt microbiological smear examination and a parasitemia index guide further therapy. In severe cases with a parasitemia index >10%, exchange transfusion should be carried out quickly, along with administration of antibiotics, to prevent death and improve patient outcomes. A
Hanish Jain   +2 more
openalex   +5 more sources

Induced Transient Immune Tolerance in Ticks and Vertebrate Host: A Keystone of Tick-Borne Diseases?

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology, 2021
Ticks and tick transmitted infectious agents are increasing global public health threats due to increasing abundance, expanding geographic ranges of vectors and pathogens, and emerging tick-borne infectious agents.
N. Boulanger, S. Wikel
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Upscaling the surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in the French Caribbean Islands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Despite the high burden of vector-borne disease in (sub)tropical areas, few information are available regarding the diversity of tick and tick-borne pathogens circulating in the Caribbean.
Albina, Emmanuel   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

“Tekenscanner”: a novel smartphone application for companion animal owners and veterinarians to engage in tick and tick-borne pathogen surveillance in the Netherlands

open access: yesParasites & Vectors, 2019
Background The engagement of companion animal owners into the process of collecting epidemiological data can be facilitated through smartphone applications.
Frans Jongejan   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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