Emerging Tick-Borne Viruses in the Twenty-First Century [PDF]
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017 Ticks, as a group, are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of pathogens to humans and are the primary vector for pathogens of livestock, companion animals, and wildlife.
Nicholas Johnson +2 more
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Tick-borne viruses: Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and animal models [PDF]
One HealthTick-borne viruses, capable of infecting animals and humans, are expanding geographically and increasing in prevalence, posing significant global public health threats. This review explores the current epidemiology of human pathogenic tick-borne viruses,
Su-Jin Park
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Diversity Analysis of Tick-Borne Viruses from Hedgehogs and Hares in Qingdao, China [PDF]
Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Tick-borne viruses (TBVs) have attracted increasingly global public health attention. In this study, the viral compositions of five tick species, Haemaphysalis flava, Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Dermacentor sinicus, Haemaphysalis longicornis, and ...
Jun Han, Liyan Dong
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Tick-Borne Viruses: Transmission and Surveillance [PDF]
VirusesA plethora of pathogenic viruses are transmitted by ticks (tick-borne viruses, TBVs) and cause infections ranging from asymptomatic to severe cases with high fatality rates, posing a significant threat to public and animal health [...]
Anna Papa
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Widespread Circulation of Tick-Borne Viruses in Virginia—Evidence of Exposure to Heartland, Bourbon, and Powassan Viruses in Wildlife and Livestock [PDF]
MicroorganismsEmerging tick-borne viruses such as Powassan virus (POWV), Bourbon virus (BRBV), and Heartland virus (HRTV), whilst rare, can cause severe health problems in humans.
Kevin Lahmers +2 more
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Extended characterisation of five archival tick-borne viruses provides insights for virus discovery in Australian ticks [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background A subset of Australians who have been bitten by ticks experience a complex of chronic and debilitating symptoms which cannot be attributed to the known pathogenic species of bacteria present in Australia.
Caitlin A. O’Brien +13 more
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Tick‐Borne Viruses in Finland: Public Health Risks, Interventions and Research Insights [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceTicks are obligate haematophagous arthropods that serve as vectors for diverse pathogens, including viruses, bacteria and protozoa. In Finland, the two primary tick species, Ixodes ricinus (castor bean tick) and Ixodes persulcatus (taiga tick), have been
Theophilus Yaw Alale +6 more
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The expanding range of emerging tick-borne viruses in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea Region [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 We analysed both pooled and individual tick samples collected from four countries in Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region, using metagenome-based nanopore sequencing (NS) and targeted amplification. Initially, 1337 ticks, belonging to 11 species, were
Koray Ergunay +13 more
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Tick-borne viruses and their risk to public health in the Caribbean: Spotlight on bats as reservoirs in Cuba [PDF]
HeliyonIn recent decades, tick-borne diseases (TBDs) have surged and expanded globally due to factors like changes in human activities, land use patterns, and climate change, and it have been associated with the emergence of zoonotic diseases.
Maritza Pupo Antúnez +5 more
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Ecological and socioeconomic factors associated with globally reported tick-borne viruses [PDF]
Communications MedicineBackground: Public health resources are often allocated based on reported disease cases. However, for under-recognized infectious diseases such as tick-borne viruses, risk assessments should also account for ecological and socioeconomic factors that ...
Samantha Sambado, Sadie J. Ryan
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