Background In sub-Saharan Africa, Amblyomma ticks are vectors of heartwater disease in domestic ruminants, caused by the rickettsial pathogen Ehrlichia ruminantium.
Frans Jongejan+9 more
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Neste artigo, discutimos as reflexões de uma professora de inglês pré-serviço acerca de suas ações em sala de aula, focalizando articularmente seus esforços para desenvolver atividades pedagógicas e avaliativas que tivessem em sua base a perspectiva de ...
Luciane Kirchhof Ticks
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Genetic Characterization of Argas persicus From Iran by Sequencing of Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I (COX1) and 16s rRNA Genes [PDF]
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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Este artigo tem por objetivo discutir em que medida e de que maneira as atividades, produzidas para uma unidade didática em um programa de formação continuada, exploram a multimodalidade, particularmente o papel dado às imagens na constituição das ...
Vanessa Severo Trivisiol+1 more
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Environmental risk factors for Ixodes ricinus ticks and their infestation on lambs in a changing ecosystem: Implications for tick control and the impact of woodland encroachment on tick-borne disease in livestock [PDF]
Despite global deforestation some regions, such as Europe, are currently experiencing rapid reforestation. Some of this is unintended woodland encroachment onto farmland as a result of reduced livestock pasture management.
Brunker, Kirstyn+4 more
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The Scenario of Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens of Sheep on a Mediterranean Island
Ticks and transmitted pathogens constitute a major concern for livestock health/welfare and productivity for the Mediterranean region, often posing an important zoonotic threat.
Anastasios Saratsis+10 more
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Metagenomic-based Surveillance of Pacific Coast tick Dermacentor occidentalis Identifies Two Novel Bunyaviruses and an Emerging Human Ricksettsial Pathogen. [PDF]
An increasing number of emerging tick-borne diseases has been reported in the United States since the 1970s. Using metagenomic next generation sequencing, we detected nucleic acid sequences from 2 novel viruses in the family Bunyaviridae and an emerging ...
Bouquet, Jerome+5 more
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High prevalence of Rickettsia africae variants in Amblyomma variegatum ticks from domestic mammals in rural western Kenya: implications for human health [PDF]
Tick-borne spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsioses are emerging human diseases caused by obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria of the genus Rickettsia.
Ade, Fredrick+13 more
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Background The engagement of companion animal owners into the process of collecting epidemiological data can be facilitated through smartphone applications.
Frans Jongejan+7 more
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Species diversity of ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) in Tarhuna, Libya [PDF]
Background: Twenty-five species of ticks have been recorded in Libya. No systematic studies have been conducted in Tarhuna region regarding tick species that infesting livestock.
Asmaa M. Abdulsalam+3 more
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