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Relapsing Fever Tick Ornithodoros turicata Dugès, 1876 (Acari: Ixodida: Argasidae)

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Ornithodoros turicata (Dugès, 1876), commonly referred to as the relapsing fever tick, is a soft tick species belonging to the family Argasidae.
Moriah B. Garrison, Nicholas Canino, Estelle M. Martin   +2 more
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Transcriptional Profiling the 150 kb Linear Megaplasmid of Borrelia turicatae Suggests a Role in Vector Colonization and Initiating Mammalian Infection. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2016
Adaptation is key for survival as vector-borne pathogens transmit between the arthropod and vertebrate, and temperature change is an environmental signal inducing alterations in gene expression of tick-borne spirochetes.
Hannah K Wilder, Sandra J Raffel, Alan G Barbour, Stephen F Porcella, Daniel E Sturdevant, Benjamin Vaisvil, Vinayak Kapatral, Daniel P Schmitt, Tom G Schwan, Job E Lopez   +9 more
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First cluster of relapsing fever compatible with louse-borne transmission in southern Saudi Arabia: An eight-case series from Najran

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Louse-borne relapsing fever (LBRF), caused by Borrelia recurrentis, is a neglected vector-borne infection associated with overcrowding, migration, and poor hygiene conditions. We describe eight spatiotemporally linked cases of Borrelia spp.
Mohammed Bazuqamah, Ali Bazqamah, Mohammad Moharram, Amira Soliman, Ghada Balah, Eslam Helal, Hend Masoud, Ali Garbo, Hadi Al Sulayyim   +8 more
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Tick Borne Relapsing Fever Imported into the United Kingdom [PDF]

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1985
A case of tick borne relapsing fever contracted in Cyprus and imported into England is reported. This is the first report of the diagnosis being established by finding the organism in the bone marrow.
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Tick-Borne Diseases in Turkey: A Review Based on One Health Perspective. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2016
The importance of tick-borne diseases is increasing all over the world, including Turkey. Global warming, environmental and ecological changes and the existence of suitable habitats increase the impact of ticks and result in frequent emergence or re ...
Abdullah Inci, Alparslan Yildirim, Onder Duzlu, Mehmet Doganay, Serap Aksoy   +4 more
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Borrelia miyamotoi Disease in an Immunocompetent Patient, Western Europe

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2018
Borrelia miyamotoi disease is a hard tick–borne relapsing fever illness that occurs across the temperate climate zone. Human B. miyamotoi disease in immunocompetent patients has been described in Russia, North America, and Japan. We describe a case of B.
Dieuwertje Hoornstra, Joris Koetsveld, Hein Sprong, Alexander E. Platonov, Joppe W. Hovius   +4 more
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Laboratory diagnosis of tick-borne African relapsing fevers: latest developments

Frontiers in Public Health, 2015
In Africa, relapsing fevers caused by ectoparasite-borne Borrelia species are transmitted by ticks, with the exception of Borrelia recurrentis, which is a louse-borne spirochete.
Aurélien eFotso Fotso, Michel eDRANCOURT   +1 more
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First detection of Borrelia miyamotoi in Ixodes ricinus ticks from northern Italy

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Borrelia miyamotoi is a spirochete transmitted by several ixodid tick species. It causes a relapsing fever in humans and is currently considered as an emerging pathogen. In Europe, B.
Silvia Ravagnan, Laura Tomassone, Fabrizio Montarsi, Aleksandra Iwona Krawczyk, Eleonora Mastrorilli, Hein Sprong, Adelaide Milani, Luca Rossi, Gioia Capelli   +8 more
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Tick-borne encephalitis and differential diagnosis

Annales Academiae Medicae Silesiensis
Introduction: Tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is an infection caused by the tick-borne encephalitis virus transmitted to humans by tick bites. The prevalence of TBE is between 10,000 and 15,000 cases annually and is comparable in Europe and Asia.
Patrycja Ochman-Pasierbek, Przemysław Olczyk, Magdalena Matlakiewicz, Justyna Paprocka, Adrianna Kalinowska-Doman   +4 more
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Relapsing fever borrelioses: forgotten and new ones

Терапевтический архив, 2010
Relapsing fever borrelioses are widely spread in the endemic regions of Eurasia, Africa, and America as before and account for significant morbidity and mortality; however, these infections have been recently underestimated.
Aleksandr Evgen'evich Platonov, Viktor Vasil'evich Maleev, Lyudmila Stanislavovna Karan', A E Platonov, V V Maleyev, L S Karan   +5 more
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