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Parasites & Vectors, 2015 Background The ability of Frontline Tri-Act®/Frontect®, a topical ectoparasiticide containing fipronil and permethrin for dogs, to prevent the transmission of Babesia canis as well as Ehrlichia canis was evaluated by infesting dogs with infected vector ...
Frans Jongejan +3 more
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Evidence-Based, Patient-Centered Treatment of Erythema Migrans in the United States
Antibiotics, 2021 Lyme disease, often characterized as a readily treatable infection, can be a debilitating and expensive illness, especially when patients remain symptomatic following therapy for early disease.
Elizabeth L. Maloney
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Microorganisms, 2021 Background: Some subjective symptoms may be reported at all stages of Lyme borreliosis (LB) and may persist for several months after treatment. Nonspecific symptoms without any objective manifestation of LB are sometimes attributed by patients to a ...
Alice Raffetin +8 more
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Effects of temperature on bacterial microbiome composition in Ixodes scapularis ticks
MicrobiologyOpen, 2019 Ixodes scapularis, the blacklegged deer tick, is the principal vector of Lyme disease in North America. Environmental factors are known to influence regional and seasonal incidence of Lyme disease and possibly the endemicity of the disease to the ...
Santosh Thapa +2 more
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Frontiers in Medicine, 2020 Eighty-two patients seeking consultation for long-term sequalae after suspected tick-borne illness were consecutively tested for Borrelia miyamotoi antibodies using a recombinant glycerophosphodiester phosphodiesterase (GlpQ) enzyme immunoassay.
Shannon L. Delaney +10 more
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Recent insights into the tick microbiome gained through next-generation sequencing
Parasites & Vectors, 2018 The tick microbiome comprises communities of microorganisms, including viruses, bacteria and eukaryotes, and is being elucidated through modern molecular techniques.
T. Greay +5 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Acarological surveys in areas outside the currently believed leading edge of the distribution of lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum), coupled with recent reports of their identification in previously uninvaded areas in the public health literature ...
Ram K Raghavan +4 more
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Ticks and Tick-Borne Infections: Complex Ecology, Agents, and Host Interactions
Veterinary Sciences, 2018 Ticks transmit the most diverse array of infectious agents of any arthropod vector. Both ticks and the microbes they transmit are recognized as significant threats to human and veterinary public health.
S. Wikel
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2022 Haemaphysalis chordeilis Packard, also known as the grouse or bird tick, is a three-host tick native to North America. Literature from the early 20th century reported a widespread distribution of this tick across the US and Canada.
Andrea Egizi, Lauren P. Maestas
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The Essential Role of Tick Salivary Glands and Saliva in Tick Feeding and Pathogen Transmission
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2017 As long-term pool feeders, ticks have developed myriad strategies to remain discreetly but solidly attached to their hosts for the duration of their blood meal. The critical biological material that dampens host defenses and facilitates the flow of blood—
Ladislav Šimo +3 more
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