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Combining Citizen Science and Genomics to Investigate Tick, Pathogen, and Commensal Microbiome at Single-Tick Resolution

Frontiers in Genetics, 2020
The prevalence of tickborne diseases worldwide is increasing virtually unchecked due to the lack of effective control strategies. The transmission dynamics of tickborne pathogens are influenced by the tick microbiome, tick co-infection with other ...
Gaurav Chauhan, Gaurav Chauhan, Jesse McClure, Jesse McClure, Jessica Hekman, Patrick W. Marsh, Jeffrey A. Bailey, Rachel F. Daniels, Rachel F. Daniels, Diane P. Genereux, Elinor K. Karlsson, Elinor K. Karlsson, Elinor K. Karlsson   +12 more
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Phylogeography of the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis) throughout the USA identifies candidate loci for differences in vectorial capacity

Molecular Ecology, Volume 32, Issue 12, Page 3133-3149, June 2023., 2023
Abstract The blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis (Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1821, 2, 59)) is a vector of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.) (International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 1984, 34, 496), the causative bacterial agent of Lyme disease, part of a slow‐moving epidemic of Lyme borreliosis ...
Julia C. Frederick, Alec T. Thompson, Prisha Sharma, Guha Dharmarajan, Isobel Ronai, Risa Pesapane, Ryan C. Smith, Kellee D. Sundstrom, Jean I. Tsao, Holly C. Tuten, Michael J. Yabsley, Travis C. Glenn   +11 more
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Improvement of common variable immunodeficiency using embryonic stem cell therapy in a patient with lyme disease: a clinical case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2018
Key Clinical Message Bone marrow transplantation and stem cell therapies have been used for the treatment of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and other life‐threatening medical disorders.
Richard Horowitz, Phyllis R. Freeman
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Enhancement of Risk for Lyme Disease by Landscape Connectivity, New York, New York, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Most tickborne disease studies in the United States are conducted in low-intensity residential development and forested areas, leaving much unknown about urban infection risks. To understand Lyme disease risk in New York, New York, USA, we conducted tick
Meredith C. VanAcker, Eliza A.H. Little, Goudarz Molaei, Waheed I. Bajwa, Maria A. Diuk-Wasser   +4 more
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Clinical investigation on Theileria equi and Babesia caballi infections in Italian donkeys [PDF]

, 2015
Background: Interest in the welfare and diseases of donkeys is constantly increasing in several countries. Despite this, clinical research into donkeys needs to be in continual development since they show different reactions compared to horses in many ...
Beribe', Francesca, Cerquetella, Matteo, Fabrizia, Veronesi, Faillace, Vanessa, Laus, Fulvio, Meligrana, MARINA CONCETTA TERESA, Silvia, Ravagnan, Spaterna, Andrea, Tesei, Beniamino   +8 more
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Tickborne Arbovirus Surveillance in Market Livestock, Nairobi, Kenya

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2006
To identify tickborne viruses circulating in Kenya and the surrounding region, we conducted surveillance at abattoirs in Nairobi, Kenya. Species of ticks collected included Rhipicephalus pulchellus (56%), Amblyomma gemma (14%), R. appendiculatus (8%), A.
Rosemary Sang, Clayton Onyango, John Gachoya, Ernest Mabinda, Samson Konongoi, Victor Ofula, Lee Dunster, Fred Okoth, Rodney Coldren, Robert B. Tesh, Amelia Travassos da Rosa, Stacy Finkbeiner, David Wang, Mary Crabtree, Barry Miller   +14 more
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Lyme Disease, Anaplasmosis, and Babesiosis, Atlantic Canada

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2022
In July 2021, a PCR-confirmed case of locally acquired Babesia microti infection was reported in Atlantic Canada. Clinical features were consistent with babesiosis and resolved after treatment. In a region where Lyme disease and anaplasmosis are endemic,
Ziyad O. Allehebi, Farhan M. Khan, Mark Robbins, Elizabeth Simms, Richard Xiang, Allam Shawwa, L. Robbin Lindsay, Antonia Dibernardo, Clarice d’Entremont, Alex Crowell, Jason J. LeBlanc, David J. Haldane   +11 more
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Identification of Dermacentor reticulatus Ticks Carrying Rickettsia raoultii on Migrating Jackal, Denmark [PDF]

, 2017
From a migrating golden jackal (Canis aureus), we retrieved 21 live male Dermacentor reticulatus ticks, a species not previously reported from wildlife in Denmark. We identified Rickettsia raoultii from 18 (86%) of the ticks. This bacterium is associated
Bødker, Rene, Chriél, Mariann, Isbrand, Anastasia, Jensen, Tim Kåre, Schou, Kirstine Klitgaard   +4 more
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Tickborne diseases of sheep

Veterinary Record, 2020
This focus article has been prepared by Amanda Carson , Sian Mitchell , Paul Phipps , Michele Macrelli and Elizabeth Dunnett of the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Immune Modulation and Immune-Mediated Pathogenesis of Emerging Tickborne Banyangviruses

Vaccines, 2019
In the last decade, the emergence of several, novel tickborne viruses have caused significant disease in humans. Of interest are the tickborne banyangviruses: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus (SFTSV), Heartland virus (HRTV), and Guertu ...
Crystal A. Mendoza, Hideki Ebihara, Satoko Yamaoka   +2 more
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