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Nature, 1883
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A study of ticks and tick-borne livestock pathogens in Pakistan

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2017
Background As obligate blood-feeding arthropods, ticks transmit pathogens to humans and domestic animals more often than other arthropod vectors. Livestock farming plays a vital role in the rural economy of Pakistan, and tick infestation causes serious ...
S. Karim, Khemraj Budachetri, N. Mukherjee, Jaclyn Williams, Asma Kausar, M. Hassan, S. Adamson, S. Dowd, Dmitry Apanskevich, A. Arijo, Zia-Ud-Din Sindhu, M. A. Kakar, Raja Muhammad Dilpazir Khan, S. Ullah, M. Sajid, Abid Ali, Z. Iqbal   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Applicability of education 4.0 in higher education: Engineering students’ survey

Journal of Technology and Science Education
The purpose of the study is to examine how Industry 4.0, and the digital environment, have together created a new situation for companies and universities in terms of soft skills for employability.
Eva Beke, Andrea Tick
doaj   +1 more source

Using citizen science to describe the prevalence and distribution of tick bite and exposure to tick-borne diseases in the United States

PLoS ONE, 2018
Tick-borne pathogens are increasing their range and incidence in North America as a consequence of numerous factors including improvements in diagnostics and diagnosis, range expansion of primary vectors, changes in human behavior, and an increasing ...
N. Nieto, W. Porter, Julie Wachara, Thomas J. Lowrey, Luke G Martin, Peter J. Motyka, D. Salkeld   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Relative Tick Size and the Trading Environment

Review of Asset Pricing Studies, 2018
This paper examines how the relative tick size influences market liquidity and the biodiversity of trader interactions. Using unique NYSE order-level data, we find that a larger relative tick size benefits High-Frequency Trading (HFT) firms that make ...
Maureen O'Hara, Gideon Saar, Zhuo Zhong
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Tick saliva and its role in pathogen transmission

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift, 2019
Tick saliva is a complex mixture of peptidic and non-peptidic molecules that aid engorgement. The composition of tick saliva changes as feeding progresses and the tick counters the dynamic host response.
P. Nuttall
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Persistent self-reported health complaints in Norwegians who attribute their symptoms to tick bites or tick-borne disease– a cross-sectional controlled study

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background The frequency and mechanisms of persistent health complaints attributed to tick bites or tick-borne diseases are unknown. We evaluate such complaints in Norwegian cases and controls.
Audun Olav Dahlberg, Audun Aase, Harald Reiso, Erik Thortveit, Randi Eikeland, Morten Engstrøm, Rune Midgard   +6 more
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Distribution of ticks infesting ruminants and risk factors associated with high tick prevalence in livestock farms in the semi-arid and arid agro-ecological zones of Pakistan

Parasites & Vectors, 2017
BackgroundTick infestation is the major problem for animal health that causes substantial economic losses, particularly in tropical and subtropical countries.
A. Rehman, A. Nijhof, C. Sauter-Louis, B. Schauer, C. Staubach, F. Conraths   +5 more
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Cloning, and Molecular Characterization of Polymorphic Iranian Isolate Theileria annulata Surface Protein (Tasp)

Iranian Journal of Parasitology, 2012
Background: Because of the strong immunologic responses of surface protein TaSp in Theileria annu­lata infected host, we tried to characterize this protein in a T. annulata isolate from Iran. Methods: The RNA prepared from T. annulata infected cells was
N Sadr-Shirazi, P Shayan, B Eckert, E Ebrahimzadeh, N Amininia   +4 more
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Research on the ecology of ticks and tick-borne pathogens - methodological principles and caveats

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2013
Interest in tick-transmitted pathogens has experienced an upsurge in the past few decades. Routine application of tools for the detection of fragments of foreign DNA in ticks, together with a high degree of interest in the quantification of disease risk ...
Agustín eEstrada-Peña, Jeremy S Gray, Olaf eKahl, Robert S Lane, Ard M Nijhoff   +4 more
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