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Field samplings of Ixodes ricinus ticks from a tick-borne encephalitis virus micro-focus in Northern Zealand, Denmark.

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 2019
In 2008-2009 a tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) micro-focus was detected in Northern Zealand, Denmark. No new cases of TBE with an epidemiological link to Northern Zealand has been reported since. Here we undertook to investigate Ixodes ricinus ticks
Andreas Petersen, M. Rosenstierne, M. Rasmussen, K. Fuursted, H. Nielsen, L. O'Brien Andersen, R. Bødker, A. Fomsgaard   +7 more
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Social Media Is a Threat for Democracy! A Political Perspective for Analysing and Diminishing Harm

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Social media platforms, once hailed as potential champions of dialogue, have evolved into commodified spaces in which their business models incentivize hate speech, misinformation, polarization, and the political fragmentation of society, benefiting corporate and political elites while eroding democracy.
Itziar Castelló, Elanor Colleoni, Andreas Georg Scherer, Hannah Trittin‐Ulbrich   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development and Validation of a Serologic Test Panel for Detection of Powassan Virus Infection in U.S. Patients Residing in Regions Where Lyme Disease Is Endemic

mSphere, 2018
Powassan virus (POWV) is an emerging tick-borne arbovirus presenting a public health threat in North America. POWV lineage II, also known as deer tick virus, is the strain of the virus most frequently found in Ixodes scapularis ticks and is implicated in
Angela M. Thomm, Anna M. Schotthoefer, Alan P. Dupuis, Laura D. Kramer, Holly M. Frost, Thomas R. Fritsche, Yvette A. Harrington, Konstance K. Knox, Sue C. Kehl   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The cap-snatching SFTSV endonuclease domain is an antiviral target [PDF]

, 2020
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV) is a tick-borne virus with 12%-30% case mortality rates and is related to the Heartland virus (HRTV) identified in the United States.
Amarasinghe, Gaya K, Bowman, Gregory R, Choi, Younho, Frederick, Thomas E, Gross, Michael L, Jung, Jae U, Leung, Daisy W, Shin, Woo-Jin, Wang, Wenjie, Yoo, Ji-Seung, Zhang, Bojie, Zimmerman, Maxwell I   +11 more
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Preliminary results of the study of subclinical infections of tick-borne pathogens in bitten humans

Acta Biomedica Scientifica, 2018
Background. Early detection of tick-borne pathogens in blood samples of infected people prevents the disease before clinical manifestations using antibiotic and immunoglobulin treatment.
G. A. Danchinova, N. A. Lyapunova, E. L. Manzarova, I. S. Solovarov, I. V. Petrova, A. V. Lyapunov, J. Bataa, M. A. Khasnatinov   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus in Ticks and Roe Deer, the Netherlands

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2017
We report the presence of tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) in the Netherlands. Serologic screening of roe deer found TBEV-neutralizing antibodies with a seroprevalence of 2%, and TBEV RNA was detected in 2 ticks from the same location.
Setareh Jahfari, A. de Vries, J. Rijks, S. Van Gucht, H. Vennema, H. Sprong, B. Rockx   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Detection of tick-borne encephalitis virus in the UK [PDF]

The Lancet, 2020
Maya, Holding, Stuart, Dowall, Roger, Hewson   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

An in‐house nucleic acid test for detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in whole blood donor samples

Transfusion, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a tick‐borne pathogen that causes anaplasmosis. Increased incidences of this disease in Canada and cases of transfusion‐transmitted anaplasmosis in the United States have been reported. Currently, there are no Health Canada licensed methodologies available for detection of A.
Dilini Kumaran, Carmen Charlton, Chantale Pambrun, Steven J. Drews, Sandra Ramirez‐Arcos   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crimean‐Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus Exposure in Horses and Donkeys in Border Livestock Markets of Nigeria

Zoonoses and Public Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Crimean‐Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick‐borne zoonotic pathogen of major public health importance in Africa. Although CCHFV exposure has been reported in several livestock species in Nigeria, data on equids remain limited despite their extensive involvement in livestock movement and trade.
David O. Ehizibolo, Olumuyiwa Oyekan, Nicodemus Mkpuma, Habibu Haliru, Ibrahim Garba, Isa Z. Turaki, Samdi Kennedy, Joshua M. Shallangwa, Caleb S. Kilyobas, Abdullahi Mohammed, Musa A. Muhammad, Mansur Abubakar, Maryam Muhammad, Corrie Brown, Bonto Faburay   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Francisella tularensis Transmission by Solid Organ Transplantation, 20171. [PDF]

, 2019
In July 2017, fever and sepsis developed in 3 recipients of solid organs (1 heart and 2 kidneys) from a common donor in the United States; 1 of the kidney recipients died.
Annambhotla, Pallavi, Asad, Shadaba, Aslam, Saima, Basavaraju, Sridhar V, Brown, Jennifer, Burns, Kevin, Carifo, Karen, Dagher, Hikmat N, Fritz, Curtis L, Gonzalez, Anthony, Ham, John, Helsel, Elizabeth, Hinckley, Alison F, Iser, Joseph, Johnson, Michael, Jones, Jefferson M, Kelley, Walter E, Kingry, Luke C, Krafft, Melissa, Kwit, Natalie A, Medina-Garcia, Luis H, Mohler, Kelli, Murua, Christian, Nelson, Christina A, Petersen, Jeannine M, Respicio-Kingry, Laurel, Tularemia in Transplant Recipients Investigation Team, Wiggins, Landon, Zhang, Ying   +28 more
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