The Common Shrew ( Sorex araneus ): A Neglected Host of Tick-Borne Infections? [PDF]
Although the importance of rodents as reservoirs for a number of tick-borne infections is well established, comparatively little is known about the potential role of shrews, despite them occupying similar habitats.
Kevin J. Bown +5 more
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Assessment of human health risks to tick-borne infections in urban green spaces (UGS) - a study protocol. [PDF]
Sadangi S +3 more
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Transmission Cycle of Tick-Borne Infections and Co-Infections, Animal Models and Diseases. [PDF]
Rocha SC +4 more
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Tick-borne infections in children in North America. [PDF]
Purpose of review Because both incidence and awareness of tick-borne infections is increasing, review of major infections and recent advances related to their diagnosis and management is important. Recent findings A new algorithm, termed modified two-tier testing, for testing for ...
Taylor-Salmon E, Shapiro ED.
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Ticks and Tick-Borne Infections: Complex Ecology, Agents, and Host Interactions. [PDF]
Wikel SK.
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Ticks are arthropods from the class Arachnida, related to spiders and mites. They can be found in a wide range of terrestrial ecosystems and are obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of all vertebrates except fish. They cannot reproduce at high altitudes and latitudes, and they are inactive during the winter.
Uroš Karić +6 more
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Alimentary Infections by Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus [PDF]
Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) causes serious the neurological disease, tick-borne encephalitis (TBE). TBEV can be transmitted to humans by ticks as well as by the alimentary route, which is mediated through the consumption of raw milk products from infected ruminants such as sheep, goats, and cows.
Martina Ličková +3 more
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Emerging tick-borne infections in mainland China: an increasing public health threat [PDF]
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 +17 more
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Fatal Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus Infections Caused by Siberian and European Subtypes, Finland, 2015 [PDF]
In most locations except for Russia, tick-borne encephalitis is mainly caused by the European virus subtype. In 2015, fatal infections caused by European and Siberian tick-borne encephalitis virus subtypes in the same Ixodes ricinus tick focus in Finland
Jaaskelainen, Anne J. +11 more
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Borrelia Diversity and Co-infection with Other Tick Borne Pathogens in Ticks [PDF]
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 +6 more
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