Y Luan, J Gou, D Zhong, L Ma, C Yin, M Shu, G Liu… - Acta Parasitologica, 2023 - Springer
Background Ticks are important medical arthropods that can transmit hundreds of pathogens, such as parasites, bacteria, and viruses, leading to serious public health …
Ticks are blood-feeding arthropods that require heme for their successful reproduction. During feeding they also acquire pathogens that are subsequently transmitted to humans …
Arthropod-borne pathogens are responsible for hundreds of millions of infections in humans each year. The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is the predominant arthropod vector in …
Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato causes Lyme borreliosis in a variety of animals and humans. These atypical bacterial pathogens are maintained in a complex enzootic life cycle that …
S Khanal, V Taank, JF Anderson, H Sultana… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Ixodes scapula ris is a medically important tick that transmits several microbes to humans, including rickettsial pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum. In nature, these ticks encounter …
D Omondi, E Zweygarth, E Murungi… - PLOS Neglected …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The South African bont tick Amblyomma hebraeum is a hematophagous vector for the heartwater disease pathogen Ehrlichia ruminantium in southern Africa. During feeding, the …
Borrelia species are amino acid auxotrophs that utilize di-and tri-peptides obtained through their oligopeptide transport system to supply amino acids for replicative growth during their …
P Namjoshi, DM Lubembe, H Sultana… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The invasive Asian longhorned tick Haemaphysalis longicornis that vectors and transmits several animal pathogens is significantly expanding in the United States. Recent studies …
Neuropeptides are small signaling molecules expressed in the tick central nervous system, ie, the synganglion. The neuronal-like Ixodes scapularis embryonic cell line, ISE6, is an …