Rickettsia-Host-Tick Interactions: Knowledge Advances and Gaps

HK Kim - Infection and Immunity, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Ticks are hematophagous ectoparasites capable of transmitting multiple human pathogens.
Environmental changes have supported the expansion of ticks into new geographical areas …

The tick-borne pathogens: an overview of China's situation

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 …

The obligate intracellular bacterial pathogen Anaplasma phagocytophilum exploits host cell multivesicular body biogenesis for proliferation and dissemination

CB Read, MCH Lind, TJ Chiarelli, JR Izac, HE Adcox… - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the etiologic agent of the emerging infection, granulocytic
anaplasmosis. This obligate intracellular bacterium lives in a host cell-derived vacuole that …

Ticks and antibodies: May parasite density and tick evasion influence the outcomes following immunization protocols?

BF Leal, CAS Ferreira - Veterinary Parasitology, 2021 - Elsevier
Ticks are a major concern to human health and livestock worldwide, being responsible for
economic losses that go beyond billions of US dollars per year. This scenario instigates the …

Identification of Babesia microti immunoreactive antigens by phage display cDNA screen

T Hanada, MA Empitu, GI Mines, Q Ma… - Infection and …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human babesiosis is a malaria-like illness caused by protozoan parasites of the genus
Babesia. Babesia microti is responsible for most cases of human babesiosis in the United …