Chen, Ya-Qian Zhang, Qing-Xun Cheng, Zhi-Bin Shan, Yun-Fang Pu, Tian-Chun Liu, Tian Guo, Qing-Yun Zhang, Pan Song, Xing-Long Yang, Cong-Shan
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Ticks are primary vectors for many tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) and pose a serious threat to veterinary and public health. Information on the presence of TBPs in Chinese Milu deer (Elaphurus davidianus) is limited. In this study, a total of 102 Chinese Milu deer blood samples were examined for Anaplasma spp., Theileria spp., Babesia spp., Rickettsia...
Kernif, Tahar Medrouh, Bachir Harrat, Zoubir Saidi, Fairouz Ziam, Hocine
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Tropical theileriosis (TT) is a tick-borne disease caused by Theileria annulata and commonly infects cattle in tropical and subtropical regions, including Algeria. It is a significant obstacle to cattle breeding programs established to improve production in Algeria. The present investigation aimed to estimate the current molecular prevalence, risk ...
Acosta, Igor da Cunha Lima Garcia, Isaias Roveri Luz, Hermes Ribeiro Serpa, Maria Carolina de Azevedo Martins, Thiago Fernandes Vanstreels, Ralph Eric Thijl Labruna, Marcelo B
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This work aimed to report ticks infesting the wildlife among 15 municipalities of the state of Espírito Santo between 2016 and 2021, within the Atlantic Forest biome of southeastern Brazil. A total of 576 tick specimens (187 males, 56 females, 149 nymphs, and 184 larvae) was collected from 41 species of wild vertebrates (two reptiles, nine mammals,...
Zhang, Bing Wang, Xiao Aguli Nurland, Rewuzi Lu, Miao Guan, Yaqun Liu, Mengyun Gao, Fan Li, Kun
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Tick-borne microorganisms in many tick species and many areas of China are still not thoroughly investigated. In this study, 224 ticks including two species (Haemaphysalis longicornis and Haemaphysalis qinghaiensis) were collected from four cities in Hebei, Shandong, and Qinghai provinces, China. Ticks were screened for the presence of tick-borne b...
Gual-Gonzalez, Lídia Self, Stella C W Meyer, Madeleine Cantillo-Barraza, Omar Torres, Myriam E Nolan, Melissa S
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Illness caused by spotted fever group Rickettsia (SFGR) is increasing nationally, with affluent, white residents most likely to be diagnosed. The common under-representativeness of marginalized populations in research studies and these vulnerable populations' health inequities make veritable epidemiologic risk factor profiling challenging, which in...
Tang, Wenqiang Li, Xin Ye, Bijin Shi, Bin Zhang, Haoji Dang, Zhisheng Sun, Yuexiang Danqu, Lamu Xia, Chenyang Quzhen, Danzeng
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Ticks are specialized ectoparasites that feed on blood, causing physical harm to the host and facilitating pathogen transmission. The genus Haemaphysalis contains vectors for numerous infectious agents. These agents cause various diseases in humans and animals. Mitochondrial genome sequences serve as reliable molecular markers, forming a crucial ba...
Gao, Xin Tian, Yuan Liu, Zi-Ling Li, Dan Liu, Jia-Jun Yu, Guang-Xu Duan, De-Yong Peng, Tao Cheng, Tian-Yin Liu, Lei
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Ticks are blood-sucking ectoparasites that secrete immunomodulatory substances in saliva to hosts during engorging. Cystatins, a tick salivary protein and natural inhibitor of Cathepsins, are attracting growing interest globally because of the immunosuppressive activities and the feasibility as an antigen for developing anti-tick vaccines. This rev...
Halajian, Ali Cuozzo, Frank P Heyne, Heloise Sauther, Michelle L Linden, Birthe Linden, Jabu Tordiffe, Adrian Sw Rampedi, Kgethedi Michael Hornok, Sándor
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South Africa has six species of primates, three of which are bushbabies (family Galagidae). Very little information is available on their parasites due to the lack of longitudinal studies, although Rhipicephalus appendiculatus, Amblyomma hebraeum and Haemaphysalis elliptica were previously reported from the brown greater galago (Otolemur crassicaud...
Sipari, Saana Kiljunen, Mikko Nylund, Minna Kallio, Eva R
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Ticks are important vectors of zoonotic pathogens. Ticks are parasites that are dependent on their hosts for blood meal to develop and reproduce. The abundance of ticks is dependent on the availability of suitable breeding hosts, often medium- and large-sized mammals. So far there has been a shortage of direct methods identifying the breeding hosts...
Lyu, Bo Li, Jingjing Niemeyer, Brigid Anderson, Deborah Beerntsen, Brenda Song, Qisheng
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Amblyomma americanum, also known as the lone star tick, is a small arachnid that feeds on blood and can spread disease to humans and other animals. Despite the overlapped ecological niche, geographic distribution, and host selection, there is no proof that A. americanum transmits the pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi that causes Lyme disease. Studies h...
