Ticks and tick-borne infections: complex ecology, agents, and host interactions

SK Wikel - Veterinary Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Ticks transmit the most diverse array of infectious agents of any arthropod vector. Both ticks
and the microbes they transmit are recognized as significant threats to human and veterinary …

The complexity of piroplasms life cycles

M Jalovecka, O Hajdusek, D Sojka… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Although apicomplexan parasites of the group Piroplasmida represent commonly identified
global risks to both animals and humans, detailed knowledge of their life cycles is …

Control of Lyme borreliosis and other Ixodes ricinus-borne diseases

H Sprong, T Azagi, D Hoornstra, AM Nijhof, S Knorr… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Lyme borreliosis (LB) and other Ixodes ricinus-borne diseases (TBDs) are diseases that
emerge from interactions of humans and domestic animals with infected ticks in nature …

Controlling ticks and tick-borne diseases… looking forward

J de la Fuente - Ticks and tick-borne diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) represent a growing burden for human and animal health
worldwide. Several approaches including the use of chemicals with repellency and …

Epidemiology, pathogenesis, and control of a tick-borne disease-Kyasanur Forest disease: current status and future directions

SZ Shah, B Jabbar, N Ahmed, A Rehman… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
In South Asia, Haemaphysalis spinigera tick transmits Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus
(KFDV), a flavivirus that causes severe hemorrhagic fever with neurological manifestations …

MALDI-TOF MS identification of ticks of domestic and wild animals in Algeria and molecular detection of associated microorganisms

M Boucheikhchoukh, M Laroche, A Aouadi… - … and infectious diseases, 2018 - Elsevier
Recent studies have reported the reliability of MALDI-TOF MS for arthropod identification,
including fresh or alcohol-preserved ticks based on leg-derived mass spectra. The aim of …

Functional evolution of subolesin/akirin

S Artigas-Jerónimo, M Villar, A Cabezas-Cruz… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The Subolesin/Akirin constitutes a good model for the study of functional evolution because
these proteins have been conserved throughout the metazoan and play a role in the …

Detection of tick-borne bacteria and babesia with zoonotic potential in Argas (Carios) vespertilionis (Latreille, 1802) ticks from British bats

J Lv, MM Fernández de Marco, H Goharriz… - Scientific Reports, 2018 - nature.com
Ticks host a wide range of zoonotic pathogens and are a significant source of diseases that
affect humans and livestock. However, little is known about the pathogens associated with …

High throughput discovery and characterization of tick and pathogen vaccine protective antigens using vaccinomics with intelligent Big Data analytic techniques

J De La Fuente, M Villar, A Estrada-Peña… - Expert review of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: The incidence of tick-borne diseases (TBDs) is growing worldwide, and
vaccines appear as the most effective and environmentally sound intervention for the …

Integrated metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics for the characterization of bacterial microbiota in unfed Ixodes ricinus

A Hernández-Jarguín, S Díaz-Sánchez, M Villar… - Ticks and tick-borne …, 2018 - Elsevier
An innovative metaomics approach integrating metatranscriptomics and metaproteomics
was used to characterize bacterial communities in the microbiota of the Lyme borreliosis …