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Efficacy of Double-Dose Dapsone Combination Therapy in the Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease/Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (PTLDS) and Associated Co-infections: A Report of Three Cases and Retrospective Chart Review

Antibiotics, 2020
Three patients with multi-year histories of relapsing and remitting Lyme disease and associated co-infections despite extended antibiotic therapy were each given double-dose dapsone combination therapy (DDD CT) for a total of 7–8 weeks. At the completion
Richard I. Horowitz, Phyllis R. Freeman
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Co-infection of tick-borne bacterial pathogens in ticks in Inner Mongolia, China.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2023
Tick-borne infectious diseases pose a serious health threat in certain regions of the world. Emerging infectious diseases caused by novel tick-borne pathogens have been reported that are causing particular concern.
Dan Liu, Wulantuya, Hongxia Fan, Xiaona Li, Fangchao Li, Ting Gao, Xuhong Yin, Zitong Zhang, Minzhi Cao, Hiroki Kawabata, Kozue Sato, Norio Ohashi, Shuji Ando, Gaowa   +13 more
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Large-scale countrywide screening for tick-borne pathogens in field-collected ticks in Latvia during 2017–2019

Parasites & Vectors, 2020
Background Tick-borne diseases are of substantial concern worldwide in both humans and animals. Several hard tick species are of medical and veterinary interest in Europe, and changes in the range of tick species can affect the spread of zoonotic ...
Valentina Capligina, Maija Seleznova, Sarmite Akopjana, Lauma Freimane, Marija Lazovska, Rudolfs Krumins, Agnija Kivrane, Agne Namina, Darja Aleinikova, Janis Kimsis, Alisa Kazarina, Viktorija Igumnova, Antra Bormane, Renate Ranka   +13 more
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Identification of tick-borne pathogens using metagenomic analyses in H. longicornis feeding on humans in downtown Beijing

Animal Diseases, 2021
On August 14th, 2018, a Beijing resident living in Xicheng District found a female H. longicornis tick attached to the skin at the front of his upper shin. On examination, the patient was afebrile and appeared well. The species of the tick was identified
Jizhou Lv, Huiyu Wang, Xueqing Han, Lin Mei, Xiangfen Yuan, Yufang Kong, Junhua Deng, Zhen F. Fu, Shaoqiang Wu, Xiangmei Lin   +9 more
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Community engaged tick surveillance and tickMAP as a public health tool to track the emergence of ticks and tick-borne diseases in New York

PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
A community engaged passive surveillance program was utilized to acquire ticks and associated information throughout New York state. Ticks were speciated and screened for several tick-borne pathogens. Of these ticks, only I.
Charles E. Hart, Jahnavi Reddy Bhaskar, Erin Reynolds, Meghan Hermance, Martin Earl, Matthew Mahoney, Ana Martinez, Ivona Petzlova, Allen T. Esterly, Saravanan Thangamani   +9 more
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Investigation of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ixodes ricinus in a Peri-Urban Park in Lombardy (Italy) Reveals the Presence of Emerging Pathogens

Pathogens, 2021
Ticks are important vectors of a great range of pathogens of medical and veterinary importance. Lately, the spread of known tick-borne pathogens has been expanding, and novel ones have been identified as (re)emerging health threats.
Alessandra Cafiso, Emanuela Olivieri, Anna Maria Floriano, Giulia Chiappa, Valentina Serra, Davide Sassera, Chiara Bazzocchi   +6 more
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Induced Transient Immune Tolerance in Ticks and Vertebrate Host: A Keystone of Tick-Borne Diseases?

Frontiers 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.
Nathalie Boulanger, Nathalie Boulanger, Stephen Wikel   +2 more
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A bite so sweet: the glycobiology interface of tick-host-pathogen interactions

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Vector-borne diseases constitute 17% of all infectious diseases in the world; among the blood-feeding arthropods, ticks transmit the highest number of pathogens. Understanding the interactions between the tick vector, the mammalian host and the pathogens
Pavlina Vechtova, Jarmila Sterbova, Jan Sterba, Marie Vancova, Ryan O. M. Rego, Martin Selinger, Martin Strnad, Maryna Golovchenko, Nataliia Rudenko, Libor Grubhoffer   +9 more
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Changing geographic ranges of ticks and tick-borne pathogens: drivers, mechanisms and consequences for pathogen diversity.

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2013
The geographic ranges of ticks and tick-borne pathogens are changing due to global and local environmental (including climatic) changes. In this review we explore current knowledge of the drivers for changes in the ranges of ticks and tick-borne pathogen
Nicholas eOgden
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Meta-transcriptomics for the diversity of tick-borne virus in Nujiang, Yunnan Province

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
Ticks, an arthropod known for transmitting various pathogens such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi, pose a perpetual public health concern. A total of 2,570 ticks collected from Nujiang Prefecture in Yunnan Province between 2017 and 2022 were included in ...
Juan Wang, Jing Wang, Guopeng Kuang, Weichen Wu, Lifen Yang, Weihong Yang, Hong Pan, Xi Han, Tian Yang, Mang Shi, Yun Feng, Yun Feng, Yun Feng   +12 more
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