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Endemic Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, Vietnam

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2019
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS), a tickborne viral disease, has been identified in China, South Korea, and Japan since 2009. We found retrospective evidence of SFTS virus (SFTSV) infection in Vietnam, which suggests that SFTSV ...
Xuan Chuong Tran, Yeojun Yun, Le Van An, So-Hee Kim, Nguyen T. Phuong Thao, Phan Kim C. Man, Jeong Rae Yoo, Sang Taek Heo, Nam-Hyuk Cho, Keun Hwa Lee   +9 more
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Severity of chronic Lyme disease compared to other chronic conditions: a quality of life survey [PDF]

, 2014
Overview. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) health-related quality of life (HRQoL) indicators are widely used in the general population to determine the burden of disease, identify health needs, and direct public health policy.
Aslan, Aucott, Aucott, Bayliss, Becker, Bhinder, Boscardin, Burns, Cairns, Cameron, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chandra, Cook, DeSalvo, Donkin, Fallon, Hoge, Institute of Medicine, Johnson, Klempner, Lackner, Liu, Logigian, Moriarty, Rangnekar, Richardson, Schutzer, Shadick, Smith, Steere, Stricker, Toossi, van Gelder, Wolfe, Yazdany   +34 more
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Molecular Methodology for Tick Speciation and Tickborne Pathogen Surveillance

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2022
Purpose: The goal of this study was to utilize quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) to identify field collected ticks and determine the prevalence of thirteen tickborne pathogens.
E. Green, A. Chase, M. Robinson, S. Callagy, C. Lundstedt, L. Dykstra, D. Van Andel, C. Noyes, B. Rostama, W. Miller, M. May   +10 more
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Tickborne Relapsing Fever, Bitterroot Valley, Montana, USA

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2015
In July 2013, a resident of the Bitterroot Valley in western Montana, USA, contracted tickborne relapsing fever caused by an infection with the spirochete Borrelia hermsii.
Joshua Christensen, Robert J. Fischer, Brandi N. McCoy, Sandra J. Raffel, Tom G. Schwan   +4 more
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Education on Tickborne Diseases and Prevention Strategies [PDF]

, 2017
Research suggests that around 300,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease each year and that around one billion dollars is spent on healthcare for Lyme disease alone.
Bernard, Christopher
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Prevalence of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Coxiella burnetii in Ixodes ricinus ticks in Switzerland: an underestimated epidemiologic risk

New Microbes and New Infections, 2019
Ticks are vectors of several microorganisms responsible for infectious diseases in human and animals, such as Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Coxiella burnetii.
L. Pilloux, A. Baumgartner, K. Jaton, R. Lienhard, R. Ackermann-Gäumann, C. Beuret, G. Greub   +6 more
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Clinical characteristics of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States: A literature review

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases, 2020
Background and objectives: Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is a rapidly progressive and potentially fatal tickborne disease caused by Rickettsia rickettsii.
Riley Jay, Paige A Armstrong
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Molecular and serological evidence of flea-associated typhus group and spotted fever group rickettsial infections in Madagascar [PDF]

, 2017
This research was supported by the Wellcome Trust (RCDF and Senior Fellowship to ST, #081705 and #095171), the Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, and the Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System, a Division of the Armed Forces Health ...
Harrison, Thomas Alan, Jiang, Ju, Maina, Alice N, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Rakotonanahary, Rado J L, Richards, Allen L, Telfer, Sandra   +6 more
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Anaplasma Phagocytophilum, a Zoonotic Vector‐Borne Bacterial Species in Rodents and Its Associated Tick Vector: Systematic Review

Veterinary Medicine and Science, Volume 11, Issue 3, May 2025.
A. phagocytophilum infections have been detected from various rodent hosts and the associated ticks from different sites throughout the globe. Ixodes ticks were the most frequent tick observed in the studies, followed by Dermacentor tick and Haemaphysalis tick species. Apodemus rodent species were frequently observed, followed by Microtus spp.
Maropeng C. Monyama, Tsepo Ramatla, Bradly Khosa, Tshepo Mafokwane, Oriel Thekisoe   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vertical transmission of Bartonella schoenbuchensis in Lipoptena cervi. [PDF]

, 2015
BACKGROUND Lipoptena cervi (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) is a hematophagous ectoparasite of cervids, which is considered to transmit pathogens between animals and occasionally to humans.
de Bruin, Arnout, Dremmel, László, Földvári, Gábor, Földvári, Mihály, Jahfari, Setareh, Sprong, Hein, Takken, Willem, van Leeuwen, Arieke Docters   +7 more
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