Ixodes ricinus and Its Transmitted Pathogens in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas in Europe: New Hazards and Relevance for Public Health

A Rizzoli, C Silaghi, A Obiegala, I Rudolf… - Frontiers in public …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Tick-borne diseases represent major public and animal health issues worldwide. Ixodes
ricinus, primarily associated with deciduous and mixed forests, is the principal vector of …

Neoehrlichiosis: an emerging tick-borne zoonosis caused by Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis

C Silaghi, R Beck, JA Oteo, M Pfeffer… - Experimental and applied …, 2016 - Springer
Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis is an emerging tick-borne pathogen causing a systemic
inflammatory syndrome mostly in persons with underlying hematologic or autoimmune …

The role of wild canids and felids in spreading parasites to dogs and cats in Europe: Part I: Protozoa and tick-borne agents

D Otranto, C Cantacessi, M Pfeffer, F Dantas-Torres… - Veterinary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, the world has witnessed radical changes in climate, landscape,
and ecosystems. These events, together with other factors such as increasing illegal wildlife …

[HTML][HTML] Wildlife reservoirs for vector-borne canine, feline and zoonotic infections in Austria

GG Duscher, M Leschnik, HP Fuehrer… - International Journal for …, 2015 - Elsevier
Austria's mammalian wildlife comprises a large variety of species, acting and interacting in
different ways as reservoir and intermediate and definitive hosts for different pathogens that …

Analysis of the Population Structure of Anaplasma phagocytophilum Using Multilocus Sequence Typing

C Huhn, C Winter, T Wolfsperger, N Wüppenhorst… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Anaplasma phagocytophilum is a Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium that
replicates in neutrophils. It is transmitted via tick-bite and causes febrile disease in humans …

Diverse tick-borne microorganisms identified in free-living ungulates in Slovakia

M Kazimírová, Z Hamšíková, E Špitalská, L Minichová… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background Free-living ungulates are hosts of ixodid ticks and reservoirs of tick-borne
microorganisms in central Europe and many regions around the world. Tissue samples and …

Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection rates in questing and host-attached ticks: a global systematic review and meta-analysis

SN Karshima, MI Ahmed, CA Kogi, PS Iliya - Acta Tropica, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaplasma phagocytophilum causes a multi-organ non-specific febrile illness referred to as
human granulocytic anaplasmosis. The epidemiologic risk of the pathogen is …

Molecular investigation and phylogeny of Anaplasmataceae species infecting domestic animals and ticks in Corsica, France

M Dahmani, B Davoust, D Tahir, D Raoult, F Fenollar… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Backgrounds Corsica is a French island situated in the Mediterranean Sea. The
island provides suitable natural conditions to study disease ecology, especially tick-borne …

[HTML][HTML] Infections with the tick-borne bacterium Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis

C Wennerås - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2015 - Elsevier
Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis, which has rodents as its natural hosts, is an emerging
tick-borne pathogen in Europe and Asia. This intracellular bacterium causes the infectious …

Ticks and their epidemiological role in Slovakia: From the past till present

M Stanko, M Derdáková, E Špitalská, M Kazimírová - Biologia, 2022 - Springer
In Slovakia, 22 tick species have been found to occur to date. Among them, Ixodes ricinus,
Dermacentor reticulatus, D. marginatus and marginally Haemaphysalis concinna, H. inermis …