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Citizen science informs human-tick exposure in the Northeastern United States
International Journal of Health Geographics, 2019 BackgroundTick-borne disease is the result of spillover of pathogens into the human population. Traditionally, literature has focused on characterization of tick-borne disease pathogens and ticks in their sylvatic cycles. A limited amount of research has
W. Porter +7 more
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Isolation of Small Number of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocyst Using Immunochromatography
Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2014 Background: Cryptosporidium parvum causes severe gastroenteritis in immunocompromised human and new borne animals. The organism can be transmitted through water. Since small number of C. parvum is infectious, the aim of the present study was to develop a
Elahe Ebrahimzade +4 more
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Incidence and management of Lyme disease: a Scottish general practice retrospective study
BJGP OpenBackground: The true burden of Lyme disease in primary care in Scotland is unknown. Epidemiological data are currently based on laboratory-confirmed reports as there is no mandatory reporting of clinical cases.
Sally Mavin +2 more
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Prevalence of Tick-Borne Pathogens in Ticks in Sicily
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2010 The prevalence of Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia and Babesia/Theileria species was analysed in questing and feeding adult ticks in Sicily. A total of 678 ticks were collected and analysed in this study. Of these, 29 were questing ticks and 649 were collected from infested cattle, sheep, goats or dogs.
J. de la Fuente +6 more
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Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1991 Investigation of the epidemiology of Lyme disease depends upon information generated from several sources. Human disease surveillance can be conducted by both passive and active means involving physicians, public health agencies and laboratories. Passive
Dennis J White
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2019 Introduction: The multi-system symptoms accompanying acute and post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome pose a challenge for time-limited assessment. The General Symptom Questionnaire (GSQ-30) was developed to fill the need for a brief patient-reported ...
Brian A. Fallon +14 more
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Tick-borne encephalitis: A review of epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and management.
World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2015 Tick-borne encephalitis is an infection of central nervous system caused by tick-borne encephalitis virus transmitted to humans predominantly by tick bites.
Petra Bogovič, F. Strle
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Microbiome, 2018 Pathogen colonization inside tick tissues is a significant aspect of the overall competence of a vector. Amblyomma maculatum is a competent vector of the spotted fever group rickettsiae, Rickettsia parkeri. When R. parkeri colonizes its tick host, it has
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