Norte, Ana Cláudia Harris, David James Silveira, Diogo Nunes, Carolina Saramago Núncio, Maria Sofia Martínez, Eva Graciá Giménez, Andrés de Sousa, Rita de Carvalho, Isabel Lopes Perera, Ana
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Ticks carry a diverse community of microorganisms including non-pathogenic symbionts, commensals and pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria, protozoans, and fungi. The assessment of tick-borne microorganisms (TBM) in tortoises and their ticks is essential to understand their eco-epidemiology, and to map and monitor potential pathogens to humans and o...
Moraga-Fernández, Alberto Ruiz-Fons, Francisco Habela, Miguel A Royo-Hernández, Lara Calero-Bernal, Rafael Gortazar, Christian de la Fuente, José Fernández de Mera, Isabel G
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Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is the causative agent of the severe tick-borne, often fatal, zoonotic Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF), which is widely distributed worldwide. The CCHFV transmission to humans occurs through tick bite, crushing of engorged ticks or contact with infected host blood. Previously, CCHFV genotype Af...
Zhang, Guangzhi Li, Bin Yoo, Dongwan Qin, Tong Zhang, Xiaodong Jia, Yaxiong Cui, Shangjin
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COVID-19 is a highly contagious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). It has rapidly spread to 216 countries and territories since first outbreak in December of 2019, posing a substantial economic losses and extraordinary threats to the public health worldwide. Although bats have been suggested as the natur...
Begum, Jubeda Mir, Nasir Akbar Dev, Kapil Buyamayum, Bidyarani Wani, Mohd Yaqoob Raza, Meesam
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The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic has shaken the global health system and economy by their roots. This epidemic is still spreading and showing no signs of decreasing trend. Vaccination could be the only effective and economical means to control this pandemic. A number of research institutions and pharmaceutical compa...
Colunga-Salas, Pablo Hernández-Canchola, Giovani Sánchez-Montes, Sokani Lozano-Sardaneta, Yokomi N Becker, Ingeborg
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Borrelia burgdorferi s.s. is a Gram-negative spirochaete, the aetiological agent of Lyme disease, the most common vector-borne disease in the Northern hemisphere. Reports on the presence of B. burgdorferi in central Mexico have been strongly criticized, since these were based only on unspecific serological methods. Furthermore, the worldwide geneti...
Chen, Nanhua Xiao, Yanzhao Li, Xinshuai Li, Shubin Xie, Ningjun Yan, Xilin Li, Xiangdong Zhu, Jianzhong
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To date, four species of porcine circoviruses (PCVs), including PCV1-4, have been reported to exist in the clinical cases. Fast and effective differential detection is critical to monitor the infection and co-infection status of PCVs for adopting reliable control strategies. However, currently available methods cannot simultaneously differentiate t...
Wang, Haoran Xu, Yao Ouyang, Maolin Gao, Li Gao, Xiang Li, Sihan Gao, Hongyan Xiao, Jianhua
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Swine erysipelas is a common infectious disease that affects the pig-breeding industry. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the risk factors and their role in the prevalence of swine erysipelas so that one may be able to better prevent and control the swine erysipelas outbreaks in Northeast China. Using spatial clusters, the study area was d...
Cargnel, Mickaël Bianchini, Juana Welby, Sarah Koenen, Frank Van der Stede, Yves De Clercq, Kris Saegerman, Claude
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Over the last decade, European countries faced several emerging and re-emerging animal diseases as well as zoonotic diseases. During these episodes, the laboratory diagnostic capabilities were a key factor to rapidly control and/or eradicate them. Because of the associated socio-economic and health consequences, it is crucial to react rapidly and e...
Pereira, Carine Rodrigues de Oliveira, Izabela Regina Cardoso de Oliveira, Luciana Faria de Oliveira, Camila Stefanie Fonseca Lage, Andrey Pereira Dorneles, Elaine Maria Seles
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Brucellosis is an important occupational disease, mainly among veterinarians, because of their frequent contact with sick animals, contaminated secretions and live attenuated anti-Brucella vaccines. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of accidental exposure to S19 and RB51 vaccine strains and occupational brucellosis among veterinarians re...
Entrican, Gary Charlier, Johannes Dalton, Luke Messori, Stefano Sharma, Sadhana Taylor, Robert Morrow, Alex
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The Strategic Alliance for Research into Infectious Diseases of Animals and Zoonoses (STAR-IDAZ) International Research Consortium (IRC) coordinates global animal health research to accelerate delivery of disease control tools and strategies. With this vision, STAR-IDAZ IRC has constructed four generic research roadmaps for the development of candi...
