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Pathogens, 2023 The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is the predominant vector of Borrelia burgdorferi, the agent of Lyme disease in the USA. Natural hosts of I. scapularis such as Peromyscus leucopus are repeatedly infested by these ticks without acquiring tick ...
Sukanya Narasimhan +4 more
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Microbial Cell Factories, 2018 Background Tannases are tannin-degrading enzymes that have been described in fungi and bacteria as an adaptative mechanism to overcome the stress conditions associated with the presence of these phenolic compounds.
Julen Tomás-Cortázar +10 more
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Genetic Characterization of Argas persicus From Iran by Sequencing of Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I (COX1) and 16s rRNA Genes [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2019 Background: Argas persicus has a great importance for health and veterinary, it can transmit many infectious agents such as Borrelia anserina (avian spirochetosis) and Aegyptianella pullorum.
Shahriar Yavari +4 more
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Disulfiram: Mechanisms, Applications, and Challenges
Antibiotics, 2023 Background: Since disulfiram’s discovery in the 1940s and its FDA approval for alcohol use disorder, other indications have been investigated. This review describes potential clinical applications, associated risks, and challenges.
Jenna Lanz +5 more
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Polymicrobial Nature of Tick-Borne Diseases
mBio, 2019 Tick-borne diseases have increased in prevalence in the United States and abroad. The reasons for these increases are multifactorial, but climate change is likely to be a major factor.
Santiago Sanchez-Vicente +4 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2019 Hematophagous arthropods are responsible for the transmission of a variety of pathogens that cause disease in humans and animals. Ticks of the Ixodes ricinus complex are vectors for some of the most frequently occurring human tick-borne diseases ...
Ryan O. M. Rego +18 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Chagas disease, caused by the hemoflagellate protist Trypanosoma cruzi, affects nearly 6 million people worldwide, mainly in Latin America. Hematophagous triatomine insects (“kissing bugs”) are the primary vectors of T.
Allison E. Mann +8 more
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Relapsing Fevers: Neglected Tick-Borne Diseases
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2018 Relapsing fever still remains a neglected disease and little is known on its reservoir, tick vector and physiopathology in the vertebrate host. The disease occurs in temperate as well as tropical countries.
Emilie Talagrand-Reboul +4 more
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TICK PHEROMONES AND THEIR USE IN TICK CONTROL
Annual Review of Entomology, 2006 ▪ Abstract Tick pheromones that regulate assembly, attraction/aggregation/attachment, and mating behavior have been described. Most of the compounds regulating these behaviors are purines, substituted phenols, or cholesteryl esters. Other pheromonal compounds include organic acids, hematin, or ecdysteroids.
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Parasites & VectorsBackground This study aimed at investigating the diversity of pathogens in human-biting ixodid ticks, in relation to their seasonality and associated clinical symptoms.
Sándor Hornok +3 more
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