Mąkol, Joanna Saboori, Alireza Felska, Magdalena
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Experimental & applied acarology
Morphology-based identification of Allothrombium spp., in view of the limited knowledge of intraspecific variation, hinders the recognition of species borders and affects the views on the actual distribution of species. Therefore, identification will benefit from reference to molecular methods. The separate species identity of specimens putatively ...
Miraballes, Cecilia Aráoz, Virginia Riet-Correa, Franklin
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Experimental & applied acarology
Rhipicephalus microplus causes high economic losses for Uruguay; the country is divided into a R. microplus-free area and an endemic area. The aim of this research was to evaluate the R. microplus and tick fever situation in Uruguay and the feasibility of implementing R. microplus control or elimination programs to reduce the number of infested far...
Moraga-Fernández, Alberto Chaligiannis, Ιlias Cabezas-Cruz, Alejandro Papa, Anna Sotiraki, Smaragda de la Fuente, José G Fernández de Mera, Isabel
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Experimental & applied acarology
Spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia are zoonotic and emerging pathogens with considerable impact in public and animal health. Greece is an endemic country of diseases caused by SFG Rickettsia. This work aims to evaluate the prevalence of SFG Rickettsia in ticks collected from domestic hosts including sheep, goats and dogs. Several genetic markers ...
de Oliveira, Philipe B Harvey, Tatiani V Fehlberg, Hllytchaikra F Rocha, Josiane M Martins, Thiago F da Acosta, Igor C L Labruna, Marcelo B Faccini, João L H Albuquerque, George R
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Experimental & applied acarology
Tick-borne spotted fever in Brazil is known to be caused by two agents, Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia parkeri. Nothing was known about these agents in one area of the Atlantic rainforest biome of Bahia state, where during March to June 2016, 356 rural dogs and 69 horses were sampled and their sera were processed through indirect immunofluore...
Feng, Li-Li Liu, Lei Cheng, Tian-Yin
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Experimental & applied acarology
Rhipicephalus microplus salivary gland secretes a number of complex bioactive proteins during feeding. These components are important in feeding and affect anti-coagulation, anti-inflammation and also have anti-microbial effects. In this study, tick saliva was collected from partially engorged female (PEF) and fully engorged female (FEF) ticks. Liq...
Jabin, Gul Dewan, Yashwini Khatri, Hiren Singh, Sujeet K Chandra, Kailash Thakur, Mukesh
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Experimental & applied acarology
Zoonotic diseases transmitted through ticks and other ectoparasites often travel across the globe with illegally traded wildlife parts and products. In this study, we analyzed a confiscated case of pangolin scales and observed a few dead ticks attached. On genetic analysis, the pangolin scales were identified to be originated from Chinese pangolin ...
Duarte, Mércia Elias de Mendonça, Renata Santos Skoracka, Anna Silva, Edmilson Santos Navia, Denise
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Experimental & applied acarology
Phytophagous mites belonging to the Eriophyoidea are extremely diverse and highly host-specific. Their accurate morphological identification is hampered by their reduced size and simplified bodies and by the existence of cryptic species complexes. Previous studies have demonstrated the urgency of applying multisource methods to accurate taxonomic i...
Yang, Juan Wang, Guo-Quan Zhou, Qiong Lu, Wen Ma, Jun-Qing Huang, Jing-Hua
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Experimental & applied acarology
Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) is an extremely serious cassava (Manihot esculenta) pest. Building a genomic resource to investigate the molecular mechanisms of cassava responses to T. urticae is vital for characterizing cassava resistance to mites. Based on the tolerance of cassava varieties to mite infestation (focusing on mite develop...
Sun, Ming Wang, Jinming Liu, Zhijie Guan, Guanquan Li, Youquan Liu, Junlong Xu, Jianlin Yin, Hong Luo, Jianxun
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Experimental & applied acarology
Protozoan parasites of the genus Babesia and Theileria are significant tick-borne pathogens of domestic animals and cause economic losses to the livestock industry in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. In this study, 274 blood samples and 32 tick samples were collected from four counties of Wuwei City in northwestern China in June and July...
Buczek, Alicja Bartosik, Katarzyna Buczek, Weronika Buczek, Alicja M Kuczyński, Paweł
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Experimental & applied acarology
Two pyrethroids, deltamethrin (D) and alphacypermethrin (AC), have been used as commercial products for tick control worldwide. However, the effects of sublethal doses of these compounds on various tick species and their developmental stages have not been fully explored yet, although such knowledge could contribute to a more effective application o...
