Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae Infections in Spain and Case Review of the Literature

S Santibáñez, JM Ramos-Rincón… - Emerging Infectious …, 2025 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Rickettsia sibirica mongolitimonae is an emerging cause of tickborne rickettsiosis. Since the
bacterium was first documented as a human pathogen in 1996, a total of 69 patients with this …

Rickettsial pathogens drive microbiota assembly in Hyalomma marginatum and Rhipicephalus bursa ticks

A Maitre, A Wu‐Chuang… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Most tick‐borne pathogens (TBPs) are secondarily acquired by ticks during feeding on
infected hosts, which imposes 'priority effect'constraints, as arrival order influences the …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging tick-borne spotted fever group rickettsioses in the Balkans

P Banović, AA Díaz-Sánchez… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The impact of tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) on human health has increased in the last
decades, since the incidence of emerging and re-emerging infectious and zoonotic tick …

Ixodid ticks and zoonotic tick-borne pathogens of the Western Balkans

N Kapo, I Zuber Bogdanović, E Gagović, M Žekić… - Parasites & vectors, 2024 - Springer
Ixodid ticks are distributed across all countries of the Western Balkans, with a high diversity
of species. Many of these species serve as vectors of pathogens of veterinary and medical …

[HTML][HTML] Tick-borne diseases at the crossroads of the Middle East and central Europe

P Banović, D Jakimovski, I Bogdan, V Simin… - Infectious Diseases …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives The Balkan Peninsula, acting as a crossroad between central Europe
and the Middle East, presents diverse ecosystems supporting various tick species capable …

One health approach to study human health risks associated with Dermanyssus gallinae mites

P Banović, A Foucault-Simonin, L Papić, S Savić… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Despite the significant health risks associated with Dermanyssus gallinae infestations in
humans, they are often overlooked. This study investigated a household case of D. gallinae …

Differential detection of tick-borne pathogens in human platelets and whole blood using microfluidic PCR

P Banović, E Piloto-Sardiñas, D Mijatović… - Acta Tropica, 2023 - Elsevier
The tick-borne pathogens (TBPs) with adhesive phenotype can use platelets for
dissemination and colonization of distant tissues and organs, and it has been shown that …

[PDF][PDF] Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus and Borrelia burgdorferi Seroprevalence in Balkan Tick-Infested Individuals: A Two-Centre Study. Pathogens 2023, 12, 922

D Jakimovski, S Mateska, E Dimitrova… - DOI: https://doi. org …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Lyme borreliosis (LB) and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) are important tick-borne diseases in
Europe. This study aimed to investigate the seroreactivity against Borrelia burgdorferi and …

Lock and Key: Why Rickettsia Endosymbionts Do Not Harm Vertebrate Hosts?

A Cabezas-Cruz, AC Fogaça - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Are tick endosymbionts transmitted to and able to injure vertebrate hosts? This is a long-
standing question concerning both infectiology and microbiology, as microbes (parasites …

Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus and Borrelia burgdorferi Seroprevalence in Balkan Tick-Infested Individuals: A Two-Centre Study

D Jakimovski, S Mateska, E Dimitrova, M Bosilkovski… - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lyme borreliosis (LB) and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) are important tick-borne diseases in
Europe. This study aimed to investigate the seroreactivity against Borrelia burgdorferi and …