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Tick Cell Lines in Research on Tick Control. [PDF]

Front Physiol, 2020
Ticks and the diseases they transmit are of huge veterinary, medical and economic importance worldwide. Control of ticks attacking livestock and companion animals is achieved primarily by application of chemical or plant-based acaricides.
Al-Rofaai A, Bell-Sakyi L.
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Current Tick Control Strategies and Prospects for Using Nanotechnology as an Efficient Alternative-A Review. [PDF]

Vet Sci
Ticks pose significant challenges to public and veterinary health, acting as vectors of several diseases that affect animals and humans. Traditional chemical control methods, such as pyrethroids and organophosphates, have led to increasing resistance and
Fantatto RR, Constantini JVC, Politi FAS, Sorrechia R, Medeiros CCB, Luiz MT, Bechara GH, de Souza Chagas AC, Chorilli M, Pietro RCLR.   +9 more
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Innovative approaches for the control of ticks and tick-borne diseases

Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, 2023
Ticks and tick-borne diseases constitute a major threat for human and animal health worldwide. Vaccines for the control of tick infestations and transmitted pathogens still represents a challenge for science and health.
José de la Fuente, Lorena Mazuecos, Marinela Contreras   +2 more
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Pet Flea and Tick Control Exposure During Pregnancy and Early Life Associated with Decreased Cognitive and Adaptive Behaviors in Children with Developmental Delay and Autism Spectrum Disorder. [PDF]

Int J Environ Res Public Health
Goodrich AJ, Tancredi DJ, Ludeña YJ, Roudneva E, Schmidt RJ, Hertz-Picciotto I, Bennett DH.   +6 more
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Where have all the grouse ticks gone? Apparent decline in collections of Haemaphysalis chordeilis Packard

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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Surveillance of Borrelia miyamotoi-carrying ticks and genomic analysis of isolates in Inner Mongolia, China

Parasites & Vectors, 2021
Background Borrelia miyamotoi is a newly described relapsing fever spirochete transmitted by ixodid tick species. Little is known about the prevalence of B. miyamotoi infections in humans and ticks in Inner Mongolia, China. Therefore, we investigated the
Gaowa, Wulantuya, Kozue Sato, Dan Liu, Yunhong Cui, Xuhong Yin, Lihua Zhang, Hong Li, Tingfu Wang, Rongxin Liu, Lijing Wu, Saixia Lu, Ting Gao, Zitong Zhang, Minzhi Cao, Guodong Wang, Chunpu Li, Dacheng Yan, Norio Ohashi, Shuji Ando, Hiroki Kawabata   +20 more
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Detection of multiple tick-borne pathogens in Ixodes scapularis from Hunterdon County, NJ, USA

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2023
Several human pathogens vectored by the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis Say; Acari: Ixodidae) are endemic in the state of New Jersey. Disease incidence data suggest that these conditions occur disproportionately in the northwestern portion of the ...
Zoe E. Narvaez, Tadhgh Rainey, Rose Puelle, Arsala Khan, Robert A. Jordan, Andrea M. Egizi, Dana C. Price   +6 more
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Current debates and advances in tick microbiome research

Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases, 2021
The main importance of ticks resides in their ability to harbor pathogens that can be transmitted to terrestrial vertebrates including humans. Recently, studies have focused on the taxonomic and functional composition of the tick microbiome, its ...
Alejandra Wu-Chuang, Adnan Hodžić, Lourdes Mateos-Hernández, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Dasiel Obregon, Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz   +5 more
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Upscaling the surveillance of tick-borne pathogens in the French Caribbean Islands [PDF]

, 2020
Despite the high burden of vector-borne disease in (sub)tropical areas, few information are available regarding the diversity of tick and tick-borne pathogens circulating in the Caribbean.
Albina, Emmanuel, Aprelon, Rosalie, Delannoy, Sabine, Devillers, Elodie, Galon, Clémence, Gondard, Mathilde, Moutailler, Sara, Pinarello, Valérie, Pradel, Jennifer, Vayssier-Taussat, Muriel   +9 more
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Understanding Tick Biology and Its Implications in Anti-tick and Transmission Blocking Vaccines Against Tick-Borne Pathogens

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Ticks are obligate blood-feeding ectoparasites that transmit a wide variety of pathogens to animals and humans in many parts of the world. Currently, tick control methods primarily rely on the application of chemical acaricides, which results in the ...
Biswajit Bhowmick, Biswajit Bhowmick, Qian Han, Qian Han   +3 more
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