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Role of Zoo-Housed Animals in the Ecology of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens—A Review

Pathogens, 2021
Ticks are ubiquitous ectoparasites, feeding on representatives of all classes of terrestrial vertebrates and transmitting numerous pathogens of high human and veterinary medical importance.
Johana Hrnková, Irena Schneiderová, M. Golovchenko, L. Grubhoffer, N. Rudenko, J. Černý   +5 more
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Emerging tick-borne pathogens of public health importance: a mini-review.

Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2020
Ticks are the most important vectors of human pathogens, leading to increased public health burdens worldwide. Tick-borne pathogens include viruses (e.g.
I. Rochlin, A. Toledo
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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Occurrence of tick-borne pathogens in questing Ixodes ricinus ticks from Wester Ross, Northwest Scotland

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Lyme borreliosis and other tick-borne diseases emerge from increased interactions between humans, other animals, and infected ticks. The risk of acquiring a tick-borne infection varies across space and time, so knowledge of the occurrence and ...
Fanny Olsthoorn, H. Sprong, M. Fonville, M. Rocchi, J. Medlock, L. Gilbert, J. Ghazoul   +6 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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Tick exposure and risk of tick‐borne pathogens infection in hunters and hunting dogs: a citizen science approach

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2021
Citizen science may be described as a research involving communities and individuals, other than scientists. Following this approach, along with the evidence of a high prevalence of Rickettsia spp.
G. Sgroi, R. Iatta, R. Lia, E. Napoli, F. Buono, M. A. Bezerra-Santos, V. Veneziano, D. Otranto   +7 more
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Monitoring the patterns of submission and presence of tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis collected from humans and companion animals in Ontario, Canada (2011–2017)

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background The universal nature of the human–companion animal relationship and their shared ticks and tick-borne pathogens offers an opportunity for improving public and veterinary health surveillance.
M. Nelder, C. Russell, A. Dibernardo, Katie M. Clow, Steven Johnson, K. Cronin, Samir N. Patel, L. R. Lindsay   +7 more
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Transport of Ixodid ticks and tick-borne pathogens by migratory birds.

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2013
Birds, particularly passerines, can be parasitized by Ixodid ticks, which may be infected with tick-borne pathogens, like Borrelia spp., Babesia spp., Anaplasma, Rickettsia/Coxiella, and tick-borne encephalitis virus.
Gunnar eHasle
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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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Tick-Borne Pathogens and Diseases in Greece

Microorganisms, 2021
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) are recognized as a serious and growing public health epidemic in Europe, and are a cause of major losses in livestock production worldwide.
A. Efstratiou, Gabriele Karanis, P. Karanis   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source